Reinventing Education.Brian L. Benzel The authors of Reinventing Education: Entrepreneurship in America's Public Schools share a mix of business and institutional change expertise in a way that captures the importance and urgency of school reform. Louis Gerstner, now CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , and his colleagues document the progress of school reforms started through the RJR Nabisco RJR Nabisco, Inc., was an American conglomerate formed in 1985 by the merger of Nabisco Brands and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. RJR Nabisco was purchased in 1988 by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in the second largest leveraged buyout in history, adjusted for inflation. Foundation's Next Century Schools initiative. While their rationale for reform can be debated, the strategies presented in this book are valuable tools for educational leaders. Reinventing Education shares the wisdom of our colleagues on the forefront of the school transformation process. The framework for success describes the need to simultaneously set high standards for students, develop curriculum frameworks and choices in instructional strategies that use technology, create community support systems, develop leadership capacity to make professional choices, and conduct public engagement initiatives. Reinventing Education presents case studies of schools where all components for reform have worked. This effort shares profiles of leaders and programs. It also honestly identifies change efforts that have not achieved the goals expected and acknowledges that these "failures" are an important part of our learning. (Reinventing Education: Entrepreneurship in America's Public Schools by Louis V Louis V, king of France Louis V (Louis the Sluggard), c.967–987, last French king of the Carolingian dynasty; son of King Lothair. His father had him crowned in 979, but he did not become king until Lothair's death in 986. . Gerstner Jr., Roger D. Semerad, Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Doyle, and William B. Johnston, Dutton Penguin Books USA Inc., 375 Hudson St., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , N.Y. 10014, 1994, 288 pp. with index, $20.95 hardcover, $11.95 softcover) |
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