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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Challenge of School Decline | |
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| Recognizing the Potential for School Decline | |
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| A School on the Brink | |
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| Detecting Vulnerabilities | |
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| The Impact of Inadequate Funding | |
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| The Impact of a Weak Principal | |
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| The Impact of a Change in School Culture | |
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| Meeting the Challenge of School Decline | |
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| Key Lessons and Next Steps | |
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| Leadership to Prevent School Decline | |
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| Leading Schools That Face Demographic Changes | |
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| The Challenges of Changing Demographics | |
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| School Leadership in the Face of Demographic Change | |
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| Key Lessons and Next Steps | |
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| The Challenge of School Turnaround | |
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| Identifying the Characteristics of Low-Performing Schools | |
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| A School in Need of Turning Around | |
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| Analyzing the Causes of Low Performance | |
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| Diagnosing School-Based Causes | |
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| Meeting the Challenge of School Turnaround | |
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| Key Lessons and Next Steps | |
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| Leadership to Turn Around a Low-Performing School | |
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| Targeting Key Conditions | |
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| School Turnaround Leadership | |
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| Key Lessons and Next Steps | |
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| The Challenge of Sustaining School Improvement | |
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| Reversing School Failure Is Only the First Step | |
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| A Promising Start at Stuart High School | |
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| Determining the Unfinished Agenda | |
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| Meeting the Challenge of Sustained Improvement | |
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| Key Lessons and Next Steps | |
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| Leadership to Sustain School Improvement | |
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| Building Capacity for Sustained Success | |
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| The Challenges of Sustained School Improvement | |
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| Leadership for the Long Haul | |
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| Key Lessons and Next Steps | |
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| The Challenge of Creating a New School | |
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| Leadership for Students Who Need a Different Learning Environment | |
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| Leading by Design | |
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| Meeting the Challenge of Creating a New School | |
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| Key Lessons and Next Steps | |
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| Leadership Lessons | |
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| Why School Leaders Fail | |
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| Self-Inflicted Problems | |
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| The Greatest Mistake of All | |
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| The Implications of Differentiating Leadership | |
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| Some Practical Consequences | |
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| Last Word | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |