Making Schools Work: A Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need Book

Contents

Part One: What Makes a School Great?

1. The Best Schools in America — Problems and Solutions

2. Three School Districts That Have Won the Revolution

Part Two: The Seven Keys to Success

3. Key #1: Every Principal Is an Entrepreneur

4. Key #2: Every School Controls Its Own Budget

5. Key #3: Everyone Is Accountable for Student Performance and for Budgets

6. Key #4: Everyone Delegates Authority to Those Below

7. Key #5: There Is a Burning Focus on Student Achievement

8. Key #6: Every School Is a Community of Learners

9. Key #7: Families Have Real Choices Among a Variety of Unique Schools

Part Three: A Parent's Guide to School Improvement

10. How Good Is Your School?

11. What You Can Do to Improve Your School

Notes

Index