The secret recipe for all successful ventures is three parts innovation, two parts resourcefulness, and at least one part sheer trust and will. What’s true for the successes of innovative companies like Apple and Pixar is true for public schools. The rise of these corporate giants from intriguing concept to tepid interest to universal rejection to dogged determination to faithful execution and unimaginable comeback are blueprints for those hoping to push our school systems to incredible heights. In one form or another, such ventures operate in ways that those inside and those outside the system find purposeful and meaningful. In a highly compelling manner, the system itself is both self-actualized and self-actualizing at the same time. What results is an experience that is both profitable…
