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by Frederick M. Hess

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The Cage-Busting Teacher applies the logic of Cage-Busting Leadership to the unique challenges and opportunities of classroom teachers. Detailed, accessible, and thoroughly engaging, it uncovers the many ways teachers can break out of familiar constraints to influence classroom practice, education policy, and school reform.

"In The Cage-Busting Teacher, Rick Hess has found a way to say what has, up to this point, existed only in the minds of teacher leaders. This book is a must-read for anyone looking to strengthen our schools in ways that are practical and real." -- Alex Kajitani, California Teacher of the Year 2009

"Finally someone (besides me) is talking about the power and authority of teachers! As educators, we have to reject the suggestion that 'You can't do that.' Push back, come up with your own ideas, and 96.4 percent of the time, you'll find that you can do important things to improve schools. Such are the cage-busters." -- Lily Eskelsen Garca, president, National Education Association

"Hess's work will empower teachers to collaborate successfully with their principals, parents, colleagues, and policy makers and continue to have an impact on their students and communities year after year." -- Elisa Villaneuva Beard, co-CEO, Teach For America

"The Cage-Busting Teacher is an indispensable playbook for every teacher who wants to figure out how to influence decisions that get made beyond their classroom walls. With an engaging mix of stories of successfully subversive teachers and facts about how policy works, Rick shows teachers that they have more power than they realize." -- Celine Coggins, CEO, Teach Plus

"The message of this important book by Rick Hess is clear: There's a lot of talent among the teachers in our schools, and it needs to be unlocked and set free." -- Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers

FREDERICK M. HESS is a resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.

The Cage-Busting Teacher is a volume in the Educational Innovations series.

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  • Title The Cage-Busting Teacher
  • Author Frederick M. Hess
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harvard Education PR
  • Date 2015-04
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index
  • ISBN 9781612507767 / 161250776X
  • Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.79 x 6.48 x 0.58 in (22.33 x 16.46 x 1.47 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Education
  • Library of Congress subjects Teaching - Vocational guidance - United, Teachers - United States
  • Dewey Decimal Code 371.102

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Citations

  • Choice, 08/01/2015, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 04/01/2015, Page 101

About the author

Frederick M. Hess is resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. An educator, political scientist, and author, Hess studies a range of K-12 and higher education issues. His books include Cage-Busting Leadership, Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age, The Same Thing Over and Over, Education Unbound, Common Sense School Reform, Revolution at the Margins, and Spinning Wheels. He is also the author of the popular Education Week blog Rick Hess Straight Up. Hess's work has appeared in scholarly and popular outlets such as Teachers College Record, Harvard Educational Review, Social Science Quarterly, Urban Affairs Review, American Politics Quarterly, Chronicle of Higher Education, Phi Delta Kappan, Educational Leadership, U.S. News & World Report, National Affairs, The Atlantic, National Review, USA Today, Washington Post, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal. He has edited widely cited volumes on the Common Core, education philanthropy, urban school reform, how to stretch the school dollar, education entrepreneurship, the federal role in education, and No Child Left Behind. Hess serves as executive editor of Education Next, as lead faculty member for the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program, as senior fellow for the Leadership Institute of Nevada, and on the review boards for the Broad Prize in Urban Education and the Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools. He also serves on the boards of directors of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and 4.0 Schools. A former high school social studies teacher, he teaches or has taught at Georgetown University, Rice University, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, and the University of Virginia.
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