Nothing's Impossible: Leadership Lessons from Inside and Outside the Classroom
In 1991, Dr. Lorraine Monroe founded the Frederick Douglass Academy, a public school in Harlem, in the belief that caring instructors, a disciplined but creative environment, and a refusal to accept mediocrity could transform the lives of inner-city kids. Her experiment was a huge success. Today the Academy is one of the finest schools in the country, sending graduates to Ivy League colleges and registering the third highest SAT scores in New York City. The key to its success: a unique...
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The inspiring autobiography and leadership principles of the charismatic, enormously well-respected educator who founded the Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem
PrefaceAcknowledgments1On a Nobel Mission: The Frederick Douglass Academy Story3The Monroe Doctrine: On Working from the Heart2Gifts of the Ancestors: Lasting Legacies of My Early Life37The Monroe Doctrine: On Attitude3Glimpses of the World: First Lessons in Living, Learning, and Leading57The Monroe Doctrine: On Perseverance4"You Can't Outrun Your Fate": Finding a Personal Mission77The Monroe Doctrine: On Being an Idealist in a Less-Than-Ideal World5Believing in Me: Rising Above the People Who Would Drag You Down95The Monroe Doctrine: On Teaching and Learning6"I'm an Idea Whose Time Has Come": Becoming a Leader113The Monroe Doctrine: On Leadership (I)7"The Hum of Excellence": Insisting on Quality135The Monroe Doctrine: On Pursuing Excellence8How to Find and Feed the "Creatively Crazy": Inspiring Innovation157The Monroe Doctrine: On Making Things New9Wars and Alarms: Some Battles You Win...Some Battles You Lose171The Monroe Doctrine: On Leadership (II)10"You Cannot Lose Your Good": Finding a New Path - Tales of a Roving Educator187The Monroe Doctrine: On the Human Touch11Feed Your Soul: What a Leader Must Do to Nourish Her Own Spirit211The Monroe Doctrine: On Inner Strength12Last Licks: Some Things I've Learned About Myself and the Work223The Monroe Doctrine: On the Heart of the MatterEpilogue" This Work of Teaching227Index231
