Joey's Story is a collage of interesting and personal tales that speaks to a wide range of education issues, including the superintendency...there are many parts of this book which deeply move me. The difficult situations and creative alternativesthat led to Joe Batory's insights as well as the personal stories were all most enjoyable......
Joey's Story lures in the reader with a series of captivating personal anecdotes. And then, the book suddenly switches gears and delivers a very serious commentary about the real issues and politics surrounding public education.....
Joey's Story is an actuality report. Joe Batory laces philosophy and technique of school leadership with on-the-ground, up-front, in-your-face, real-life experience as only he can. Colorful, powerful, and instructive for anyone from the seasoned school leader to the person aspiring to an education career. Take the bases, Joey! You've hit another home run!
Joe Batory is a magnificent writer. The tragedy is that as an author he remains one of America's best kept secrets. His work should be required reading in graduate schools of education.
Joey's Story lures in the reader with a series of captivating personal anecdotes. And then, the book suddenly switches gears and delivers a very serious commentary about the real issues and politics surrounding public education.
...belong[s] in every library serving school personnel and those preparing for school administration as well as the personal libraries of superintendents. The 'Summaries of Messages' might well end up on the walls of superintendents all over the country where they should be frequently read.
It would be great if every aspiring school superintendent could read this book. Joey's Story is a wonderful, teachable tool that strikes a balance between school leadership and the everyday realities of life. Joe Batory's life has made a major contribution to his total community. Now this book goes one step further by enlightening prospective school leaders on what it is really like to lead and be humane at the same time.
If I could replicate Joe Batory across America, we would be winning the rhetorical war for public schools. Too many education leaders simply aren't willing to lay it on the line, to buck the corporations, politicians and foundations that constantly andwrongfully demean and defame public education...Thanks for the good read-Joey's Story rekindled my spirit....
It would be great if every aspiring school superintendent could read this book. Joey's Story is a wonderful, teachable tool that strikes a balance between school leadership and the everyday realities of life. Joe Batory's life has made a major contribution to his total community. Now this book goes one step further by enlightening prospective school leaders on what it is really like to lead and be humane at the same time.--Rich Bagin, executive director, National School Public Relations Association, Rockville, Maryland
Joe Batory has written a book that anyone involved with schools and children will cherish. He writes with passion and heart. Joey's Story provides insights into the way things really are in today's schools and offers a serious rebuttal to the naysayers who enjoy bashing public schools. But best of all, Joe Batory is a great storyteller. He will sweep you up with his personal odyssey--Dr. Paul D. Houston, executive director, American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA
Joe Batory is a magnificent writer. The tragedy is that as an author he remains one of America's best kept secrets. His work should be required reading in graduate schools of education.--Dr. Matthew Costanzo, Former Superintendent of Schools, The School District of Philadelphia
