Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day: School Leaders Who Are Making Equity a Reality

About the AASA, Education Week, and Education Week Press iv

CD Contents ix

Preface: The Superintendent of Learning: A New Way of Leading School Systems xi
Paul D. Houston 

Acknowledgments xvii

One The Urban Superintendents Program Leadership Framework 1
Larry Leverett

Two A Superintendent’s Entry 16
Leslie Boozer

Three Communicating the Vision 26

Breathing Life into Your Vision 26
Holly Weeks

Meria Joel Carstarphen, St. Paul Public Schools: Where Imagination Meets Destination 31
Leslie Boozer and Laura Kelley

Communicating to Change the Culture 47
Brian G. Osborne

Four Strategic Planning 54

Planning to Succeed: Strategic Approaches for Every Superintendent 54
Janice Jackson

Maria Goodloe-Johnson, Seattle Public Schools: The Strategy Behind the Plan 60
Leslie Boozer and Laura Kelley

The Best Laid Plans . . . 75
Maree Sneed

Five Instructional Improvement 82

Leading Learning in Urban Schools 82
Richard F. Elmore

Deborah Jewell-Sherman, Richmond Public Schools: Getting to the Heart of the Work 89
Kristy Cooper, Laura Kelley, Leslie Boozer, and Aaliyah El-Amin

Building New Structures and Options for Success 108
Rudy F. Crew

Six School Boards and Unions 114

Moving Ahead with School Boards and Teachers Unions 114
Susan Moore Johnson

Andrés Alonso, Baltimore City Public Schools: The Superintendent and Board Partnership 119
Laura Kelley and Leslie Boozer

Pragmatic Radicalism: The Superintendent as Catalyst, Capacity Builder, and Concertmaster 134
Joshua P. Starr

Seven Realigning Resources 141

Strategic Resource Allocation: The Superintendent’s Perspective 141
James P. Honan

Arlene Ackerman, School District of Philadelphia: The Quest for Educational Equity 146
Leslie Boozer and Laura Kelley

The Equity Fight in Utica, Michigan 165
Christine M. Johns

Eight Community Engagement 174

Why Family and Community Partnerships are Important to District Reform 174
Karen L. Mapp

Beverly Hall, Atlanta Public Schools: From the Living Room to the Boardroom 179
Laura Kelley, Leslie Boozer, and Drew Echelson

Hit the Ground Listening 196
Carol Johnson and Michele Brooks

Nine Scaling Up 204

Scaling Up: The Key to School Improvement 204
Robert S. Peterkin

Rudy Crew, New York City Public Schools: Instilling Success in Every School 210
Laura Kelley and Leslie Boozer

Scaling Up Connections 227
Amalia Cudeiro

Ten Sustaining Improvement over Time 232

Replicating the ‘‘Long Beach Way’’ 232
Carl A. Cohn

Chris Steinhauser, Long Beach Unified School District: Eluding the Allure of Quick Fixes 237
Leslie Boozer and Laura Kelley

Building and Sustaining Improvement over Time: The Austin Story 254
Pascal D. Forgione Jr.

Eleven Exiting the Superintendency 261
Laura Kelley

Epilogue: Demography is Not Destiny! 271
Deborah Jewell-Sherman

About the Authors and Subjects of the Case Studies 279

What’s on the CD and How to Use It 292

Index 295