Crazy Like a Fox

by Chavis, Dr Ben

• ISBN13: 9780451228697
• ISBN10: 0451228693
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-07
• Publisher: Berkley Pub Group

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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