California Department of Education
Taking Center Stage – Act II

Chapter Nine
Leadership

The Organizational Structures That Support Rigor

[The highest level] leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful; humble and fearless. To quickly grasp this concept, think of United States President Abraham Lincoln . . . who never let his ego get in the way of his primary ambition for the larger cause of an enduring great nation.1

Recommendation: Foster distributed leadership, collaborative decision making, and regular data analysis to realize and sustain a middle grades vision for focused learning and continual improvement.

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Footnote
1Jim Collins, Good to Great. New York: Harper Business, 2001, p. 22.

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