The Power to Transform: Leadership That Brings Learning and Schooling to LifeISBN: 978-0-7879-7501-2
Hardcover
272 pages
March 2006, Jossey-Bass
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--Robert W. Galvin, chairman emeritus, Motorola, Inc.
"For many years, Stephanie has been a wise, passionate, and
courageous educator. Nobody cares more about children; no one
honors their innate qualities more than she. Her book makes this
visible to the world. She knows our children, she knows our
schools, she knows the future if we don’t change—we
must take heed of her message."
--Margaret J. Wheatley, author, Leadership and the New
Science
"At a time when ‘education reform’ is dominated by
hollow slogans and political sleight-of-hand, here is a book that
is wise, grounded, visionary, practical, and wonderfully well
written. Authored by one of our nation’s leading educators,
it offers a model of teaching and learning forged in the real world
that has the potential to transform public education. May this
superb book be not only read but taken to heart by everyone who
cares about our children and their future."
--Parker J. Palmer, author, The Courage to Teach, Let Your Life
Speak, and A Hidden Wholeness
"Drawing on a lifetime in education and her experiences as the
founding leader of the world-renowned Illinois Mathematics and
Science Academy, Stephanie Marshall offers an original and
compelling synthesis on the fostering of learning in the worlds of
today and tomorrow."
--Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Education and Cognition,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
"A lucid, beautifully drawn map to schools of the future by an
exceptional educator who has made the journey. Every teacher
should read this book and do it, every administer should read this
book and enable it, every parent should read this book and demand
it, because every learner aches to experience it."
--Dee W. Hock, founder and CEO Emeritus, VISA; and author, One
from Many
"Education is in crisis and therefore our children are adrift
and ungrounded, trained to memorize knowledge but unable to cope in
a turbulent world. Stephanie Pace Marshall offers a
provocative vision of how education can be re-infused with wonder,
enrichment, and transformation. She challenges all of us to
understand that it is our capacity to learn that characterizes our
most essential humanity."
--James Garrison, president, Wisdom University
"Stephanie Pace Marshall gives us a transformational school
model that inspires our children to ‘invent their own minds,
reconnect to life and wisely engage in co-creating a sustainable
future.’ As a financier and social investor, I believe that
her ‘whole child’ model is crucial for species
survival. Every human can understand her riveting recommendations
and enjoy her delicious story!"
--Susan Davis, president, Capital Missions Company
"For years Stephanie Pace Marshall has been one of the clearest
and most insightful voices on school reform. Her book, The
Power to Transform: Leadership that Brings Learning and
Schooling to Life solidifies this reputation. In this
highly readable book, the reader will be provoked into a deeper
understanding of what schooling is and more importantly, what it
can become. It is as elegant as it is deep. Simply a
must-read for school leaders."
--Paul Houston, executive director, American Association of School
Administrators
"This book explores education from a perspective rare in the
field: that we become the stories we tell about ourselves, and
that, to create systemic change in education, educational leaders
need to craft new stories. The deep insights on learning and
children shared by Stephanie are mirrored in the success of the
amazing school she leads. As an antidote to the purely
“data-driven” testing mentality that robs students of
joy and the chance for real learning, the ideas in this book help
any educational leader facilitate the creation of the kind of
environment all students need to properly prepare them for life as
they strive to achieve long-term mastery of the challenging
subjects they study. This view into the thinking of a
renowned education leader should make her ideas a steady topic of
conversation among educators for years to come."
--David Thornburg, director, Global Operations, Thornburg
Center
"Stephanie Pace Marshall draws from systems and complexity
theory, cognitive science, and more in introducing us to the rich
body of knowledge waiting to guide us through the sweeping changes
we must make in educating the young. It is not easy to
restrain one’s anger on realizing the degree to which this
knowledge and its implications have been so shamefully ignored in
school reform."
--John I. Goodlad, president, Institute for Educational Inquiry
"Stephanie Pace Marshall offers a powerful and unique framework
for scholars, policymakers, school reformers, and practitioners who
have the capacity to shape our children’s future. This
book aims directly at the heart of our most fundamental educational
goal – to nurture the power and creativity of the human
spirit. For any leader working to build a new covenant with
our children, this book is a must read."
--Gene R. Carter, executive director and CEO, Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development