Everything I Know About School Reform I Learned in Prison
About this ebook
Telling a story of bold and relentless leadership in schools, Everything I Know About School Reform I Learned in Prison follows author Michael McCarthys career as a school leader and describes the challenges, barriers, and occasional breakthroughs he dealt with and experienced along the way. It shares how he tackled the question: Can you create a school that works for all kids and really mean it?
Offering an unvarnished look at the absurdities and outdated structures and practices which limit student success in schools, Everything I Know About School Reform I Learned in Prison journeys from the discouraging and depressing school stories of prisoners in a maximum- security facility to the hopeful stories of kids in a school for all. It narrates a story of teamwork and leadership while describing the complicated ride of risks, guerilla tactics, and skirmishes with both bureaucracy and the national media. It offers an honest and humorous inside look at what it takes to change a school.
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About the author
Michael McCarthy spent thirty-six years as a successful middle school principal. During the last twenty-eight of those years, he led King Middle School in Portland, Maine, from a school parents avoided to a school parents celebrated. Despite making radical and unpopular decisions, he was twice named Maines Principal of the Year. He was also awarded an honorary doctoral degree from the University of New England.
