Understanding Decision-Making in Educational Contexts

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'From close-up accounts of individual classrooms to entire national policy frameworks, this important and clearly written book reveals that decision-making in leadership is not just about rational problem-solving. It is also an ethical, emotional, and politically aware process of struggling to be oneself and do the right thing in complex and dangerous times. If you want to dig deeper in your leadership, this is the book for you.' -- Andrew Hargreaves, Boston College 'Anyone seeking practical help with school level decision making will appreciate this well-crafted and researched book. Using relevant examples, Chitpin describes how aspiring and current school leaders can analyze and evaluate common leadership problems and she offers proactive guidance to ensure that things go right. This theory rich volume is infused with practical applications of key decision-making theories that are, in turn, essential to transforming feelings of hopelessness into constructive leadership action. In a time when we all need school leaders to engage in creating more effective and creative systems of decision making, this book proves to be both practical and important.' -- Sharon Kruse, Washington State University