Award-winning author and educational leader, Alan Blankstein served for 25 years as President of the HOPE Foundation, which he founded and whose honorary chair is Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. A former “high-risk” youth, Alan began his career in education as a music teacher. He worked for Phi Delta Kappa, March of Dimes, and Solution Tree, which he founded in 1987 and directed for 12 years while launching Professional Learning Communities beginning in the late 1980s. He is the author of the best-selling book Failure Is Not an Option®: Six Principles That Guide Student Achievement in High-Performing Schools, which received the Book of the Year award from Learning Forward. Alan is Senior Editor, lead contributor, and/or author of 18 books, including Excellence Through Equity with Pedro Noguera, . He also authored some 20 articles in leading education print including Education Week, Educational Leadership, The Principal, and Executive Educator. Alan has provided keynote presentations and workshops for virtually every major U.S. Ed Org, and throughout the UK, Africa, and the Middle East. Alan has served on the Harvard International Principals Centers advisory board, and the Jewish Child Care Agency, where he once was a youth in residence.
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Alan M. M. Blankstein & Paul D. D. Houston: Building Sustainable Leadership Capacity
Meet the challenges of today′s changing schools through shared leadership! Today′s rapidly changing schools and educational trends present administrators and school leaders with unique challenges. Th …
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Paul D. D. Houston & Alan M. M. Blankstein: Leaders as Communicators and Diplomats
Motivate, persuade, and inspire your school community! A central role of any educational leader is that of an accomplished communicator—one who can relate to diverse communities, promote cooperative …
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Alan M. M. Blankstein & Paul D. D. Houston: Sustaining Professional Learning Communities
’This resource brings together an incredible blend of leading educational thinkers. Their diverse experiences, perspectives, and wisdom will stimulate in leaders the ′deep work′ of the heart, mind, a …
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Alan M. M. Blankstein & Robert W. W. Cole: Engaging EVERY Learner
Join today′s most insightful thinkers as they explore the heart, mind, and soul of educational leadership! This concise volume offers educational leaders key concepts and strategies for framing discu …
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Paul D. D. Houston & Alan M. M. Blankstein: Out-of-the-Box Leadership
Develop a leadership style that inspires an entire school community to achieve high goals! In this second volume of The Soul of Educational Leadership series, editors Paul D. Houston, Alan M. Blankst …
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Paul D. D. Houston & Alan M. M. Blankstein: Spirituality in Educational Leadership
’A useful book for those who want to find balance in their lives and add a dimension of spirituality to their leadership.’ —Kenneth Killian, Assistant Professor Vanguard University of Southern Califo …
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Alan M. M. Blankstein & Paul D. D. Houston: Data-Enhanced Leadership
Use the power of data—and the insights it provides—to enhance your leadership practice! Offering key concepts about how the informed use of data can translate into highly effective school leadership, …
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Paul D. D. Houston & Alan M. M. Blankstein: Leadership for Family and Community Involvement
’Establishing school-family-community partnerships to promote the social, emotional, and academic learning of students is the most important challenge for 21st-century education. In this volume, lead …
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