Books
Hopes and Fears - Working with Today's Independent School Parents Rob's latest book, co-written with Michael Thompson, explores the inevitable tensions that occur in the parent-school relationship. It outlines the causes and consequences of a rising tide of anxiety among parents that has exacerbated these tensions, and it offers two concrete, practical ways to cope in the form of two toolkits: one for dealing with the vast majority of parents and one for handling the the most challenging situations. Available online from NAIS. |
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Seven Secrets of The Savvy School Leader School leaders today are working harder than ever, longer than ever, dealing with ever greater complexity, and sacrificing ever more of their personal and family time to their work. How can we make school leadership more doable and offer hope to both experienced and beginning leaders? Offering solid advice for overcoming even the most daunting of leadership challenges, this book is both a survival guide and a road map for excellence. Available online from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. |
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Family Matters: How Schools Can Cope Rob's second book, available from Amazon, and Barnes and Noble, among others. It takes a sharp look at the enormous changes occurring among children and parents and the dilemma these changes pose for schools. |
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The Human Side of School Change This is Rob's first book, also available from Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. It provides practical advice on problem solving, communication, and staff motivation. |
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Selected Articles
- Combatting Parental Anxiety With a New School Partnership Model, Robert Evans and Michael Thompson, Independent School, Fall, 2020.
- Principals, Get Your Irish On, Education Week, March 30, 2016
- Parents Who Bully the School, Robert Evans and Michael G. Thompson, Independent School, Spring 2016.
- Be All You Can Be: Tackling The Accountability Dilemma Independent School, Fall, 2013.
- "Getting to No: Building True Collegiality in Schools" Independent School, Fall, 2011
- "The Case against Strategic Planning." Independent School, Fall, 2007.
- "Reframing The Achievement Gap." Phi Delta Kappan, May, 2005.
- "When Middle School Students Cut Themselves"
- "Family Matters: The Real Crisis in Education." Education Week, May 22, 2002
- "Why A School Doesn't Runor ChangeLike A Business." Independent School, Fall, 2015.
- "The Great Accountability Fallacy." Education Week, February 3, 1999
- "Changing Families Changing Schools." Independent School, Winter, 1998
- "Getting Real About Leadership." Education Week, April 12, 1995
- "The Human Face of Reform." Educational Leadership, September, 1993.