Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age by Frederick M. Hess

But schools are complex and hard to move, while these efforts have been correspondingly unfocused. The would-be reformers have poured tablets and online learning software into classrooms, presuming that magic would eventually happen.

Hess and Bror Saxberg argue that educators have tended to think of adopting technology as a way to “reform” or “fix” schools. In Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age, Frederick M. In this powerful book, best-selling author and education policy expert Rick Hess and chief learning officer Bror Saxberg show you how to become your school′s learning engineer.Today’s education technology holds immense promise, but what matters more than the tools themselves are how they are used in schools and in classrooms. Technology has a critical role, but it’s the creative reinvention of schools, systems, and classrooms that has to come first. Today’s most successful school leaders are truly 'learning engineers': creative thinkers who redefine their problems and design new ways to better serve kids’ success. Rick Hess and Bror Saxberg have designed a compelling guide for the road ahead.' -William Hite, Superintendent School District of Philadelphia, PA Reboot student learning the right way! 'Too often, our current structures fail to promote and support learning engineering. Horn, Co-Founder & Education Executive Director Clayton Christensen Institute

Breakthrough Leadership in a Digital Age points the way forward.' -Michael B. Technology holds unbelievable promise to be a part of the solution to transform education, but it won’t happen unless all parties attack its implementation smartly. 'Everyone touching education-from educators to school leaders and from investors and philanthropists to entrepreneurs-needs to understand how to think like a learning engineer and read this book. Whether it is whole-school reform or targeted interventions, principals will be motivated to rethink or‘re-engineer’ the use of technology to optimize teaching and learning.' -Gail Connelly, Executive Director National Association of Elementary School Principals 'By deconstructing learning science and making the connection to technology, Hess and Saxberg have outlined key strategies for school leaders as they work to transform traditional practices in schools.

Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age by Frederick M. Hess