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Educational Entrepreneurship: Realities, Challenges, Possibilitiesreviewed by Larry Rosenstock - February 12, 2007 Title: Educational Entrepreneurship: Realities, Challenges, Possibilities Author(s): Frederick M. Hess (Ed.) Publisher: Harvard Education Publishing Group, Cambridge ISBN: 1891792253 , Pages: 299, Year: 2006 Search for book at Amazon.com When I was asked to review Rick Hesss recent book, Educational Entrepreneurship: Realities, Challenges, Possibilities (Harvard Education Press, 2006), I was very happy to do so, partly because, having often been called one, I wanted to know what an educational entrepreneur actually is. On the one hand, the articles collected in this volume are informative and thought-provoking, and I highly recommend the book to anyone interested in this emerging fieldpractitioner, student, or theoretician. On the other hand, I still dont know what an educational entrepreneur is. There are eleven collected authors and almost that many definitions. But perhaps that is not such bad news after all. As far as I know, this is the first book attempting to define and analyze the impact of entrepreneurship in education, and as such, it includes a broad array of topics, perspectives, and conclusions.
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- Larry Rosenstock
High Tech High E-mail Author LARRY ROSENSTOCK is CEO of High Tech High, a non-profit organization of public charter schools in California.
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