Can Every School Succeed?: Bending Constructs to Transform an American Icon - Paperback

by Brian K. Creasman (Author), Jesse Bacon (Author), David Franklin (Author)

The goal of Can Every School Succeed is to aid school leaders in the process of transforming today's schools. The book is based on principles that the authors have developed as school leaders through their experience in transforming low performing schools into high achieving schools. Many schools begin the transformation process only to fail because they do not identify and communicate the goals for change. As schools continue to struggle with the many complexities that they face, transformation is needed. In response to this, this book offers school leaders practical, transformation principles that will ensure the transformation process is simple, concise, and remains focused on creating the best learning environment for students.

Author Biography

Brian Creasman, Ed.D., is currently superintendent of Fleming County Schools in Kentucky. He has served as an assistant superintendent, a high school and middle school principal and assistant principal, and an instructional technologist and classroom teacher. He is the co-author of The Leader Within: Understanding and Empowering Teacher Leaders and Growing Leaders Within: A Process toward Teacher Leadership. Brian can be reached atbriankcreasman@gmail.com. He can also be found on Twitter at @FCSSuper.

Jesse Bacon is currently the principal of Simon Middle School in Fleming County, Kentucky and is working toward an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership at the University of Kentucky. Jesse has participated in numerous leadership programs including the Leadership Institute for School Principals through the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), the National Institute for School Leaders (NISL) Executive Development Program, as well as the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) Aspiring Superintendents Academy. He has also presented at numerous conferences on school leadership and is an active participant on Advanc-ED school and district accreditation teams. You can find him on twitter at @Jesse_Bacon.

David Franklin, Ed.D., is a Professor of Education for National University and an educational consultant for schools across the country. He has served as a primary and secondary principal as well as a classroom teacher. He has published articles in the The New York Academy of Public Education Professional Journal as well as in publications in India and The Middle East. His articles published on the website The Principal's Desk have been downloaded over 100,000 times by educator across the world. He can be reached atdavid@theprincipalsdesk.organd on Twitter at @sfprincipal.