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THE BLIND ADVANTAGE
HOW GOING BLIND MADE ME A STRONGER PRINCIPAL AND HOW INCLUDING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES MADE OUR SCHOOL BETTER FOR EVERYONE |
| By: |
William Henderson |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£48.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1612501109 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781612501109 |
| Publisher: |
HARVARD EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
15 September, 2011 |
| Pages: |
180 |
| Description: |
In a diverse school with many disabled students, Bill Henderson became a blind principal and a leader of equity. The Blind Advantage explores his journey, why his condition made him a stronger leader, and how he helped students and teachers succeed. |
| Synopsis: |
The Blind Advantage provides insight into the challenges, possibilities, and practicalities of including students with disabilities and into the mind and heart of an inspired and determined leader. You should get out of education. That was the advice first-year teacher Bill Henderson received when he discovered he was gradually losing his vision. Instead, Henderson persevered and became principal of the Patrick O Hearn Elementary School in Boston, an ethnically and economically diverse school where about a third of the students have mild, moderate, or significant disabilities. In The Blind Advantage, Henderson describes how the journey into blindness helped him develop key qualities determination, vision, sensitivity, organization, collaboration, and humor that made him a more effective principal. At the same time, he shows how the inclusionary policies and practices at the O Hearn School (now renamed the William W. Henderson Inclusion Elementary School) elicited and developed these qualities in others. An audio version of this book is available for purchase. This audio version was created in collaboration with the Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library." |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Harvard Educational Publishing Group |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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