Best Practices, Best Thinking, and Emerging Issues in School Leadership [Paperback]

Featuring the leading figures in educational leadership, this resource presents research and key considerations to assist in making decisions about new programs and directions for your school.Featuring the leading figures in educational leadership, this resource presents research and key considerations to assist in making decisions about new programs and directions for your school.Prologue - William A. Owings and Leslie S. Kaplan
A Brief Look at the ISLLC Standards
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Part I: Understanding Schools and School Leadership
1. Changing Demographics: A Call for Leadership - Harold L. Hodgkinson
ISLLC Questions
References
2. Media and Political Misrepresentation of Public Education - Gerald W. Bracey
ISLLC Questions
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Lessons Learned
Part II: Leading Change
3. Implementing Change at the Building Level - Michael Fullan
ISLLC Questions
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4. Challenges to Leading and Sustaining School Change - William Patterson
ISLLC Questions
5. The New Effective Schools - Gordon Cawelti
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6. Politics and Education: A Conundrum for School Leadership - Gerald N. Tirozzi
ISLLC Questions
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Lessons Learned
Part III: Teaching and Learning
7. Curriculum and Instruction: Critical and Emerging Issues for Educational Leadership - Robert J. Marzano
ISLLC Questions
References
8. Enhancing Teaching - Linda Darling-Hammond
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9. Teacher Quality - Thomas S. Mawhinny and Laura L. Sagan
ISLLC Questions
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10. Using Technology to Change School Learning CulƒG