Crazy Like a Fox
by Chavis, Dr BenFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-09-07
Publisher(s): Berkley Pub Group
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Summary
This is the golden rule set forth by the highly unorthodox principal of Oakland, California's American Indian Public Charter School. Hailed as an "education miracle" by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, AIPCS was transformed from a failing, run-down "nuisance" into one of the highest-performing public middle schools in the nation.
Author Biography
Dr. Ben Chavis is "administrator emeritus" of the American Indian Public Charter School in Oakland, California. Carey Blakely grew up in Massachusetts and California and majored in English at UC Berkeley.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Zoo | p. 7 |
| The Oakland Raider | p. 16 |
| A Second Chance | p. 28 |
| A New Beginning | p. 35 |
| Creating a Family with the Self-Contained Classroom | p. 47 |
| Looping and the Extended Family | p. 57 |
| Family Involvement | p. 63 |
| Meet the Escobars | p. 72 |
| High Expectations and an Academic Focus | p. 84 |
| The Quest for Improvement | p. 96 |
| The Emperor Who Wore No Clothes and the Boy Who Called Him Out | p. 101 |
| You Are Judged by Your Race Whether You Like It or Not | p. 116 |
| Poor? If You Say So | p. 124 |
| Sacrifice | p. 132 |
| Free Market Capitalism in the Classroom | p. 139 |
| Schools have Enough Money | p. 147 |
| Sign on the Dotted Line | p. 157 |
| Guided by a Firm Hand | p. 167 |
| Nate | p. 173 |
| Taming Wild Horses | p. 181 |
| A Method to the Madness | p. 190 |
| Ben Fumbles his Way Through Elementary School | p. 198 |
| Out from Under the Hype of Violence | p. 205 |
| Up from the Bottoms: Bootlegging and Preaching: How I Learned the Gift of Gab and a Love of Free Market Capitalism | p. 215 |
| Cleanliness: A Chore and a Mentality | p. 228 |
| Mental Work or Physical Labor: You Make the Choice | p. 236 |
| Big Bad Bossman | p. 246 |
| Sophath: One Among Us | p. 257 |
| Conclusion: Creating Educational Excellence Through Replication | p. 264 |
| Appendix | p. 277 |
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