INTRODUCTION
Does a book with the title of “The Perfect
School” need an introduction? If so, one that is mercifully short so you
can get to the meat and purpose of its pages…
The
first chapter asks “A Perfect School?” and begs the authors to reply.
That there are 12 more chapters suggests that their replies are positive!
Is there
or will there ever be a “perfect” school? Probably not, they say,
but some are close, we have the tools and knowledge to move in that direction,
the quest really is the journey, and a better word is “excellence,”
which is attainable and lies along that path to perfection.
Anyway,
if perfection were attainable, would it be absolute or malleable, and if the
latter, wouldn’t we just keep reforming it to be even more perfect?
The
chapters that follow are less philosophical or esoteric. They say that if we
want to climb that path of excellence toward perfection, here’s what we
might think or do. Practical, tangible things. Whether
discussing parents, teachers, staff, principals, service, character,
perception, teaching, data, finances, or curriculum, the vision of what a
perfect school would look like and what we can do to race or tiptoe up that
glorious rise to see and live it are shared, for discussion and action.
And who
dares even address perfection in education? Jim Rosborg,
Max McGee, and Jim Burgett aren’t long-bearded
gods pronouncing from on high but rather roll-up-your-sleeves mortals with 100+
years of highly successful, much heralded labors in the fields of learning: all
were teachers, principals, and superintendents, and much more. Their
biographies near the back of the book will fill in the glorious gaps.
Too much introduction already.
Let’s let those daring souls pass their torches of excellence to you on
the road to perfection, to ignite your own fires for today’s
learners—and for all learners forever.
Gordon Burgett,
Publisher
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