Innovation in the Schoolhouse: Entrepreneurial Leadership in Education PDF
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INNOVATION IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE Similar Works by Rowman & Littlefield’s Education Division: FromtheGroundUp:EntrepreneurialSchoolLeadershipbyJeffreyR.Cornwall TheEntrepreneurialEducatorbyRobertJ.BrownandJeffreyR.Cornwall DiscipliningtheArts:TeachingEntrepreneurshipinContexteditedbyGaryD.Beckman SocialEntrepreneurshipinEducation:PrivateVenturesforthePublicGoodbyMichael R.Sandler WorkingforKids:EducationalLeadershipasInquiryandInventionbyJamesH.Lytle INNOVATION IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE Entrepreneurial Leadership in Education Jack Leonard ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD EDUCATION A DIVISION OF: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK PublishedbyRowman&LittlefieldEducation AdivisionofRowman&Littlefield 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com 10ThornburyRoad,PlymouthPL67PP,UnitedKingdom Copyright©2013byJackLeonard Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorby anyelectronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretriev- alsystems,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewer whomayquotepassagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Leonard,Jack,1948– Innovationintheschoolhouse:entrepreneurialleadershipineducation/JackLeonard. pagescm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-4758-0289-4(cloth:alk.paper)—ISBN978-1-4758-0290-0(pbk.:alk.paper)—ISBN 978-1-4758-0291-7(electronic) 1.Educationalinnovations.2.Entrepreneurship.I.Title. LB1027.L462013 371.2—dc23 2013018700 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsof AmericanNationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaper forPrintedLibraryMaterials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica CONTENTS Preface ix Clarifications x Notes xii Introduction xiii TranslationalResearch xiv TheOutlineoftheBook xiv Acknowledgments xvii 1 TheCaseforEntrepreneurialLeadershipinEducation 1 EntrepreneurialLeaders:RiskybutRequired 1 WhyAlltheInterestinInnovation? 2 WhatDoesInnovationMean? 3 WhatIsEntrepreneurialLeadership? 5 EntrepreneurialLeadershipTraits 7 EntrepreneurialBehaviors 9 WhyAren’tThereMoreEntrepreneurialLeadersin Education? 14 ThePlaceforRiskinPublicEducation 16 Conclusion 18 Notes 18 2 MaximizingEntrepreneurialLeadership 23 DefiningEconomicEntrepreneurship 24 TheSocialEntrepreneur 26 EntrepreneurialLeadershipversusOtherLeadershipTheories 31 MoreLeadershipStyles 33 MaximizingEntrepreneurism 37 ACaseStudy:TheEarlyCollegeProgram 39 v vi CONTENTS Conclusion 45 Notes 46 3 EntrepreneurialOrganizations 51 LeadingforInnovation 53 OrganizationalCharacteristics 59 Discretion 63 ProfessionalLearningCommunities 64 Proximity 65 Reorganization 66 Incentives 68 TheEarlyCollegeCaseStudyReconsidered 70 Conclusion 74 Notes 75 4 LeadinganEntrepreneurialOrganization 81 ACaseStudy:DunbarHigh 82 Innovationinthe1980s 83 Scalability 87 WhataboutthePrincipal? 90 CulturalReformStrategy 92 PhaseTwoatDunbar 95 ProfessionalDevelopment 97 Conclusion 98 Notes 101 5 TheEntrepreneurialTeacherLeader 105 WhatIsTeacherLeadership? 106 AnExampleofaTeacherLeader 107 ACaseStudy:DunbarAgain 108 ADifferentKindofTeacherLeadership 111 AHistoricalLook 112 EconomicandSocialDefinitions 114 HowDoTeachersPerceiveTeacherLeadership? 117 StrategiesforEffectiveEntrepreneurialCommunitiesof Practice 119 PrincipalsWhoEncourageEntrepreneurialTeacher Leadership 119 ParallelLeadership 121 Conclusion 123 Notes 125 6 PartnershipsforEntrepreneurialInnovation 129 ThePowerandPromiseofPartnershipsinEducation 129 CaveatsandConcerns 131 TwoTheories 134 CONTENTS vii MultiplePartners:ExosystemWork 136 CulturalCohesion 137 ABadExample 138 GoodExamples 138 TightCouplingonaLargerScale 139 Sustainability 140 BoundarySpanners 141 Benefits 143 Conclusion 145 Notes 147 7 EntrepreneurialLeadershipforEveryone 151 Measurements 153 EntrepreneurialDisruptions 156 SocialEffects 157 PoliticalGains 158 Economics 161 TheCreativeWorld 162 Conclusion 168 Notes 168 Index 173 AbouttheAuthor 179
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