While this book does offer some practical advice to those working in schools, it becomes very obvious early on that the author is out of touch with the every day workings of schools, let alone what it take to be a successful school. I would venture a guess that it's been at least a decade since he has actually worked in a public school. His advice on time management has some strong points and occassionally some good practical advice but he seems to know nothing about how school systems have downsized management and reduced clerical and classified management assistance. He also seems to lack the knowledge of all the new laws and regulations that bog down the administrators in most schools. Perhaps his ideas would work in a very large school system that has the economy of scale to provide the support he describes, but in a typical school which has one administrator and 15 hours of work a day, it's not feasible.

It gets tiresome at times to read works from scholars and so called consultants, when what we need is work from those currently in the field.

That said, the book is worth a read if you have the time to weed out what is not realistic or doable.