Commitment and common sense : leading education reform in Massachusetts /

An insider account of how Massachusetts became a national model for education by the man in charge of implementing the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Driscoll, David P. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Massachusetts. > Department of Education. Education > Massachusetts. Educational leadership > Massachusetts. Educational change > Massachusetts. Educational law and legislation > Massachusetts.

Table of Contents:

Classroom teacher: September 1964-June 1972
Accidental teacher
Watching and learning
The classroom and beyond
District leader: August 1972-June 1993
District leadership
Getting things done
The district and beyond
Deputy Commissioner: June 1993-March 1998
Making the case for reform: three buckets
Two safecrackers go to work
Two steps backward
Acting Commissioner/Commissioner: March 1998-August 31, 2007
A wild and crazy ride
Commissioner of Education
Reform back on track
Lessons, advice, and a look to the future
Three buckets revisited
Advice for state leaders beyond Massachusetts
If i close my eyes and open them five years from now.