Public Education Leadership at Harvard University - A Joint Initiative of The Graduate School of Education and Harvard Business School

The following books, case studies, and articles describe key issues facing urban school districts around the country. For more information or to place an order, please click on the links below.

Books

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Managing School Districts for High Performance: Cases in Public Education Leadership

Managing School Districts for High Performance brings together more than twenty case studies and other readings that offer a powerful and transformative approach to advancing and sustaining the work of school improvement. At the center of this work is the concept of organizational coherence: aligning organizational design, human capital management, resource allocation, and accountability and performance improvement systems to support an overarching strategy. This central idea provides a valuable conceptual framework for current and future school leaders.




Cases and Articles

Making Coherence Concrete

Managing Human Capital

Managing for High Performance

Managing Schools Across Differences

Sustaining High Performance Over Time