Kwame Andre Carr Ed.S.

If you're a new school leader (teacher or principal), then you'll get it! These texts are ahead of their time. Educational Leadership is entering a new paradigm. Instructional leadership has led the way for the last few decades; however, instructional leadership will soon give way to Cultural Leadership given today's society. Leaders that cannot sustain cultures and improve school climate will find themselves in struggling schools despite their instructional efforts. The foundation of any successful school is the culture and climate its student achievement rests upon.

The complete 20-year chronicle and the three associated reference books are for 2020 leaders and beyond and anyone tasked with the responsibility to significantly improve student achievement and school culture using a school turnaround process. This book is written by an assistant superintendent that successfully turned a middle school around in one year during his first principal-ship. Not only did the school improve, but the achievement gains in the school were among the highest in the state over a three year period. The author attributes the protocols outlined in his texts as the catalysts for improving school climate and culture, which resulted in immediate and sustained academic gains.