John Adams Academy Leading a Revolution in Education Kindle Edition

Where are the youthful John and Abigail Adams level of leaders for the 21st century right now? Who are they? What are they learning, or not learning? How will they prepare? Who will guide them? Are they getting an education that is worthy of the challenges ahead for this nation and the world? In this important new book, business leader Dean Forman, a two-time school board member in California, and founder of the highly successful John Adams Academy charter school sounds a call to provide an American Classical Leadership Education for the youth of our day. The leaders of tomorrow are among today's youth, right now thirsting for the kind of quality education they will need to make the world what it should be. If we fail the education of today's youth, we are failing the whole world. If we help them get the right kind of education, we hold up a lamp of wisdom, hope and opportunity to the next generation, and beyond. Calling charter school choice perhaps the greatest civil rights issue of our time, Forman shows readers how to imagine, plan and successfully build the kind of school needed in your community--to help each child and youth get the kind of education they'll need to truly succeed and lead in the 21st century. If you want to build an American Classical Leadership Education school for your neighborhood, this book will make it easier. Included in the book are the major issues, needs, tasks, challenges, templates, choices and pieces that need to be addressed in order to succeed and thrive. When the idea for such a school came, I wasn’t entirely surprised. I had been unwittingly preparing for it for years. I knew it mattered, and I know today that the same idea matters for a lot of other communities. If yours is one of them, this idea may be the most important thing you will think about in the days, weeks and months ahead. Ideas are powerful. Ideas are the seeds of real change and the catalysts of real progress. The result of applying these principles in a school setting has been a resounding success, measured in terms of a culture of virtue, learning and freedom. If the idea of an American classical leadership school in your community resonates, and if you’re up for the task, or wonder if you might be, this book is for you. "Restoring America's Heritage Through Education is an instant classic. Read it, ponder it, and learn how to give today's rising generation the kind of great leadership education this world needs. Practical, hard-hitting, realistic and profound. This book is a game changer for American education." --Oliver DeMille, New York Times bestselling author and founder of the Thomas Jefferson Education (TJEd) Curriculum and Learning System "Dean is a leader who separates himself from others who are also considered great; Dean is a consummate educator...he is a man with great moral character and vision. In essence, Dean Forman is the new gold standard as a servant leader..." --Kevin M. Nagle, CEO of Sacramento Republic FC "He willingly accepted to teach a group of low-income Hispanic teens about the values our nation was founded upon....he set a living example of what those values are by the way he presented himself before them, by living those values as he cared for them, held them accountable for their learning, and believed in what they could give for their country." --Father Lino Otero, LC, Our Lady of Guadalupe Sacramento "Knowing that our current educational system has gradually drifted away from the principles that made our country great, Dean decided to take matters into his own hands to help educate our youth in the principles of freedom." --Paul Savage, Principal Consultant Victory Quest Business Advisory Read more