Synthesis - a Mission for Education - Create a Public

SEATTLE, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The following blog post was published on February 21, 2010, by Shafeen Charania, author of the synthesis blog, winner of the 2008 Weblog award for best new blog, and Time.com's 25 best blogs of 2009.

Great leaders view their journey as a connected story vs. a set of discrete events; they convert confrontation into productive outcomes for both sides; they are perennial students; and most critically, their mission is a simple, succinct and yet very powerful statement.

Larry Rosenstock of High Tech High is a great leader – his mission is "to create a public." Not only do his students mirror the demographic mix of San Diego, they all graduate with the ability to learn, think on their feet, ask for help, work in teams and get things done. You also feel joy when you walk around the school. It's no wonder that HTH is a beacon in American public education.

Our education system favors complexity, excessive structure and absurd performance measures – change requires us to imbue education with great leaders who have the courage to simplify, empower teachers, and believe in their students.  

To learn more, please visit: http://interacc.typepad.com/synthesis/2010/02/create-a-public.html.

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