Greenfield is a term typically used by investors, engineers, and builders to refer to an area where there are unobstructed opportunities to invent or build. In this book, Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and a former high school teacher, applies the term to an entrepreneurial approach to school reform: starting from scratch and creating new schools based on data on performance and productivity. He discusses how to remove formal and informal barriers to creating new schools and school organizations, and addresses the need to focus on performance and to hold education providers accountable. He explains how entrepreneurs get capital for projects, and gives guiding principles for reformers. Examples of new school organizations are presented, such as charter school ventures like KIPP Academics and YES Prep, and for-profit schools such as EdisonLeanring and K12 Inc. The book will be of interest to teachers and education leaders, policymakers, civic and business leaders, education entrepreneurs, and students. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less