Effective school district leadership : transforming politics into education / edited by Kenneth Leithwood.
Annotation The authors describe how effective superintendents work with their immediate staffs, elected trustees, and school-based administrators. Each chapter examines the meaning of effective district leadership from different perspectives.
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©1995.
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| Series: | SUNY series in educational leadership.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Transforming politics into education / Kenneth Leithwood
- How effective superintendents understand their own work / Edward A. Holdaway and Anthony Genge
- Chiefs and chairs : working relationships between effective CEOs and Board of Education chairpersons / Derek J. Allison, Patricia A. Allison, and Helen A. McHenry
- Prospects for organizational learning in expertly managed group problem solving / Kenneth Leithwood, Rosanne Steinbach, and Tiiu Raun
- Superintendents' management of state-initiated reform : a matter of interpretation / Fran Wills and Kent Peterson
- Restructuring in Kentucky : the changing role of the superintendent and the district office / Joseph Murphy
- How a few politicians and managers of education find policy success and happiness : part I / Richard G. Townsend
- Plucking billiard balls out of thin air : how a few politicians and managers of education hustle policy : part II / Richard G. Townsend
- How CEOs influence school system culture / Donald Musella
- Educated dissent : implications of policy disagreement for educational leadership / Mark Holmes
- Toward improving the structures for school system leadership / Stephen B. Lawton, Joyce Scane, and Shihui Wang
- Toward a more comprehensive appreciation of effective school district leadership / Kenneth Leithwood.