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by Maria M. Leahy (Author), Rebecca A. Shore (Author), Guilbert Hentschke (Foreword by)
Journeys of Charter School Creators tells of the journeys of ten thriving charter schools throughout the United States and their leaders over the past 20 years. The first seven cases are follow-up stories from the original book published in 2004, Adventures of Charter School Creators: Leading from the Ground Up. The final three cases feature three North Carolina charter schools and their leaders. Each leaders' narrative reveals amazing journeys with different paths taken, different choices made; however, these leaders were all entrepreneurs with a passion to guide their schools for the long haul toward success with a specific mission and vision to improve educational opportunities and a better future for a specific group of children. Readers will learn, through the firsthand experiences of these charter school leaders, lessons on leading in the challenging charter school world, a rewarding, yet somewhat tumultuous journey of growth and innovation.
Author Biography
Dr. Maria Marsella Leahy, a life-long learner, is passionate about being an agent of change in education. She has been both a teacher and an administrator in variety of diverse K-12 schools, as well as faculty in higher education. Her goal is to help cultivate, in others, the tools that they need to be creative, curious lifelong learners.
Dr. Rebecca Shore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Prior to UNC Charlotte, Dr. Shore worked in schools for 28 years in California, Louisiana, and North Carolina; 13 years of teaching and 15 years in administration.
