Review
Accountability Is the Key is a useful primer for all involved in the demanding and valuable work of improving our nation’s schools. Author John Hunt. . . .provides a thorough history of educational reform in the United States. . . .[T]he reader learns several vital skills — collaborating with strength, understanding one’s stakeholder groups and active listening. Hunt successfully blends anecdotes from schools nationwide with thought-provoking questions. ― School Administrator
Dr. John Hunt has provided aSimply excellent! Dr. Hunt’s reputation as both a scholar and successful administrator is demonstrated in this book by his clear understanding of accountability and other 21st Century challenges facing school leaders. Both administrators and administrators in training need to take heed of his excellent insights and recommendations.n outstanding resource for all school administrators. Dr. Hunt has taken school leadership to a higher level by providing avenues of successful methodology for understanding and improving school accountability. -- Jim Rosborg, president, Illinois Council of Professors in Education Administration (ICPEA), director of Master's in Education, McKendree University
Dr. John Hunt proposes an optimistic, enthusiastic view of accountability for our nation’s public schools. New and experienced administrators will find this book both practical and inspirational. -- Anne Noland, retired superintendent, Forest Ridge School District 142, Partner, B.W.P. Associates, Ltd., Educational Leadership Search Consultants
Simply excellent! Dr. Hunt’s reputation as both a scholar and successful administrator is demonstrated in this book by his clear understanding of accountability and other 21st Century challenges facing school leaders. Both administrators and administrators in training need to take heed of his excellent insights and recommendations. -- Walter H. Warfield, Ph.D., executive director emeritus, Illinois Association of School Administrators
I recommend this book to any professional who wishes to better understand the complexities of improving accountability in education. -- Andrea Brown, Ph.D., member, Illinois State Board of Education
At last, a book that accurately describes the ownership that all stakeholders must assume for school accountability. Dr. Hunt’s book should be required reading for every member of a school board or school accountability committee. -- Gregory N. Pierson, director emeritus, University Schools, Greeley, Colorado
About the Author
John Hunt is an associate professor of educational leadership at Southern illinois University Edwardsville. He previously spent 34 years in Colorado, Illinois, Missouri and Washington as a teacher, principal, university laboratory school director, assistant superintendent and superintendent.
