Critical Issues in Educational Leadership
Published on 3. November 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-205-44697-1 (ISBN)
Description
Critical Issues is a unique and original collection of readings that present a comprehensive, straight forward, objective analysis of different perspectives on the major issues facing educational leaders. This comprehensive book provides multifaceted and balanced analysis of the major conceptual, practical and potential issues facing all individuals interested in educational leadership. Each chapter presents perspectives derived from years of research and practical experience that address problems of effective educational leadership. The goal of this book is to prepare visionary educators, moral agents, political-social advocates and responsible leaders who make strong connections with the diverse constituencies they serve. Students are challenged to view educational leadership as a mix of theory, process, and contemporary practice that requires continuing systematic analysis and review. There is no similar book available for use in graduate programs preparing superintendents, principals, assistant principals, and other educational leaders.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-44697-1 (9780205446971)
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Content
Chapter 1
Foundations of American Education
In Search of Leadership Paradigms
Here Comes the Bureaucratic Blockade
Specialized division of labor
Hierarchy of authority
Written rules of conduct
Impersonality
Promotion based on achievement
Efficiency
End to specialized division of labor
Collapsing of hierarchy of authority
Unwritten rules of conduct
Personality
Promotion degraded by achievement
Effectiveness
Participatory Management Model Blockade Buster
Other Models of Organizational Structure
Systems Management
Thinking Outside the Box
Discussion Questions
Chapter 2
From Theory to Practice
What Come First? Theory or Practice?
Classical Organization Theory
Human Relations Movement
Organizational Behavior Movement
Open Systems Theory
When the Rubber Meets the Road
Discussion Questions
Chapter 3
Organizational Culture as Cultured Pearls
Definitional Aspects of Organizational Culture
Dynamic Aspects of Organizational Culture
Benefits and Uses of Organizational Culture
Organizational Cultures of Effective Schools
Research on Organizational Culture
Organizational Climate
Discussion Questions
Chapter 4
Decision Making and Risk Taking
Evolution of Educational Decision Making
Models of Decision Making
Classical Decision Making
Behavioral Decision Making
Incremental Decision Making
Mixed Scanning Decision Making
Garbage Can Decision Making
Shared Decision Making
Benefits of Shared Decision Making
Risks of Shared Decision Making
From the Garbage Can into the Fire
Discussion Questions
Chapter 5
The Changing Form of American Education
Public Education at War
Battle cries of the republic
The loyal opposition
Change Is Constant
What We Know about Charter Schools
Critical issues for charter schools
What We Know about School Choice
What We Know about Vouchers
Critical issues for vouchers.
Equality of opportunity
Civic values
Educational quality
What We Know about Tuition Tax Credits
Critical issues related to tax credits
Privatization of Schooling
Issues related to privatization
Discontent with the public sector
Alternative philosophies of government
Home Schooling
Stimulus for growth of home schooling
Critical issues of home schooling
Perspective on the Changing Form of American Education
Discussion Questions
Chapter 6
Searching for Excellence without a Map of the World
Bandwagons
School Safety
Sexual Harassment
Bully Proofing
Value and Character Education
Banners
Retention/Advancement Resolved
Big Ideas
Effective Leadership
Parental Involvement
Volunteers
Learning Models
Students on the Block
Perspective on the Pursuit of Excellence
Overcoming Impediments to Change
Discussion Questions
Chapter 7
Accountability and Assessment
Accountability
Summits, Shared Visions, and Empty Promises
Grilling of High Stakes
Issues Reflected in Practice
What does mastery mean?
Assessment and America's Obsession with Testing
The Quest for Authentic Assessment
The Quest for Early Assessment
Issues in Early Assessment
The Quest for Assessment of Special Abilities
Issues in Assessment of Special Abilities
The Quest for Developmentally Appropriate Assessments
The Quest for Data-Driven Assessments
Perspectives on Accountability and Assessment
Aligning Assessment, Standards, Curriculum, and Instruction
Student Assessment Training, Leadership, and Support
Discussion Questions
Chapter 8
In Search of Improved Instruction
Effective Schools Research
Principals as Instructional Leaders
Critical Issues for Instructional Leaders
Issues Impacting the Principals as the Instructional Leader
Attracting and Retaining Quality Teachers
Mentoring
Professional Development
Reforms in subject matter teaching (standards, curriculum, & pedagogy)
Reforms centered on problems of equity among a diverse student population
Reforms in the nature, extent, and uses of student assessment
Reforms in the social organization of schooling
Reforms in the professionalization of teaching
Improving Instruction with Technology
Discussion Questions
Chapter 9
Here Comes the Judge
Legal Framework Shaping Education
Public Schools, Private Challenges
Education versus Religion
Freedom of Expression versus Censorship
General versus Special Education
Student Rights versus Responsibilities
Tolerance versus Protection
Compulsory Attendance versus Home Schooling
School District Liability versus Educational Malpractice
Teacher Tenure versus Dismissal
Future Critical Issues
AIDS Education and Protection
Prohibitions on Hate Speech
Teacher Testing
Compulsory Community Service
Protections for Homosexual Teachers, Students and Families
Frivolous Lawsuits
Discussion Questions
Chapter 10
Financing America's Schools
Framework for School Finance
Costs of Schooling
Federal, State, and Local School Finance
Paying for Schools
Tax Sources
Income tax
Sales tax
Property tax
Other state funding sources
Distribution of School Revenues
Fiscal Equalization
Critical Issues of Fiscal Equalization
Condition of America's School Buildings
Financing of Infrastructure
Site-Based Budgeting Leadership
Critical Issues of Site-Based Budgeting
Promises and Pitfalls
Future of Site-Based Budgeting
Privatization of Schools
Collaboration, Consolidation, Cooperation
No Dollars Left Behind - School Finance Reform
Discussion Questions
Chapter 11
From Cellar to Stellar Achievement
A Blueprint for Future School Success
Keys for Twenty-First Century Schools
Blueprints for results-driven performance
Data-driven decisions for tomorrow's schools
Continuous and effective communication exemplars
Cutting edge community relations
Disaggregated data driving actions
Criterion referenced testing and setting the bar higher
Multiple indicators for tomorrow's schools
Alternative assessments capture multiple intelligences
Tomorrow's authentic assessment, today
Indicators of climate and engagement charted
Sustained Excellence is Critical for Schools of Today and Tomorrow
Long range studies of success
Additional indicators of school success
Schools of the Future
Professional Development for the 21st Century
Guns or Roses? How Safe are America's Schools?
Law and Order Prevail?
GUNS: Gaining Understanding and Noticing Signs
ROSES: Recommendations Of School Enforcement Strategies
Fostering Safe Schools
Discussion Questions
Chapter 12
Leadership for 21st Century Education
Educational Leadership for the 21st Century
A Modern Philosophy of Leadership
An Evolving Educational Leadership Philosophy
Educational Leadership Action Values
Toward 21st Century Leadership Development
Critical Issues of Educators-Centered Leadership.
Productive Educators-Centered Leadership Groups
Visioning 21st Century Leadership
Critical Issues of Visioning Leadership
Empowerment: The Glue from Educators-Centered Leadership
Impact of 21st Century Leadership
Leadership Research for the 21st Century
Charisma of 21st Century Leadership
Charismatic Leadership and Organizational Culture for the 21st Century
Relationships Built on Trust
Risky Environments
Volatility in the Workplace
Enthusiasm is Contagious
Distant Leadership
Organizational Success Fosters Charisma
Failure Breeds Contempt
Group Cohesiveness
Shattering of the Glass Ceilings
Glass Ceilings in Eeducation
A Triple Pained Glass
Cracks in the Glass
Through the Glass Ceiling in the 21st Century
Who will lead 21st Century Schools?
Recruiting and Retaining School Leaders
Discussion Questions
Chapter 13
"Creating a More Perfect Union with Education beyond Schoolhouse Walls"
Full-Service Schools
Growth of Full-Service Schools
Critical Issues of 21st Century Full-Service Schools
School-Community Collaborations
Interpersonal-Collaborative Partnerships
Benefits of Interpersonal-Collaborative Partnerships to Schools
Partnerships with Parents
Definition and Dimensions for 21st Century Parental Involvement
Data Driven Decisions for 21st Century Parental Involvement
Students' Age and Parental Involvement
School-Business Partnerships
Business Roles in Education in the 21st Century
Trusts, Endowments, and Foundations
Partnerships In Trusts and Endowments
Successful 21st Century Schools Empower Others
Financing Schools outside the Box
Discussion Questions
Chapter 14
Recipes for Effective Schools of the Future
Shaking Out Effective Schools
Total Quality Schools
Mastery Learning and Teaching
Effects of Mastery Learning and Teaching on Education
Brain Research and 21st Century Education
Ethics Based Instruction
Life-Long Learning for The 21st Century
Lifelong Learning Defined
Demand for Lifelong Learning
Information Explosion
New Workforce
Technology Revolution
Career Shifting
Tidal Wave of Age
The Lifelong Learner
Traits
Skills
Learning Needs
Lifelong Learning by Design
Discussion Questions
Chapter 15
Reframing Leadership: Reform for the 21st Century
Perspectives on 21st Century School Reform
New Educational Leadership Theory
The Person in the Professional
Maximizing Staff Potential
High Expectations, Setting and Monitoring Standards
Managing Stress
Dilemmas of School Reform
Develop or Dismiss?
New Century Educational Leadership
Local Politics and Governance
State and National Politics
Organizational Theory
Models for 21st Century Full Scale School Reform
The Reforms: Accelerated Schools -- Don't Remediate, Accelerate
Forecasting 21st Century Full Scale School Reform
Forecasting 21st Century Full Scale School Reform Based On Accelerated Schools Research
The Coalition of Essential Schools
Additional School Reform Efforts
The School Development Program
Projecting Success for All to 21st Century Full Scale Educational Reform
Evidence-Based Leadership
Actions to be Taken
Some Final Words on Leadership and School Reform
A Final Thought for You
Discussion Questions
Foundations of American Education
In Search of Leadership Paradigms
Here Comes the Bureaucratic Blockade
Specialized division of labor
Hierarchy of authority
Written rules of conduct
Impersonality
Promotion based on achievement
Efficiency
End to specialized division of labor
Collapsing of hierarchy of authority
Unwritten rules of conduct
Personality
Promotion degraded by achievement
Effectiveness
Participatory Management Model Blockade Buster
Other Models of Organizational Structure
Systems Management
Thinking Outside the Box
Discussion Questions
Chapter 2
From Theory to Practice
What Come First? Theory or Practice?
Classical Organization Theory
Human Relations Movement
Organizational Behavior Movement
Open Systems Theory
When the Rubber Meets the Road
Discussion Questions
Chapter 3
Organizational Culture as Cultured Pearls
Definitional Aspects of Organizational Culture
Dynamic Aspects of Organizational Culture
Benefits and Uses of Organizational Culture
Organizational Cultures of Effective Schools
Research on Organizational Culture
Organizational Climate
Discussion Questions
Chapter 4
Decision Making and Risk Taking
Evolution of Educational Decision Making
Models of Decision Making
Classical Decision Making
Behavioral Decision Making
Incremental Decision Making
Mixed Scanning Decision Making
Garbage Can Decision Making
Shared Decision Making
Benefits of Shared Decision Making
Risks of Shared Decision Making
From the Garbage Can into the Fire
Discussion Questions
Chapter 5
The Changing Form of American Education
Public Education at War
Battle cries of the republic
The loyal opposition
Change Is Constant
What We Know about Charter Schools
Critical issues for charter schools
What We Know about School Choice
What We Know about Vouchers
Critical issues for vouchers.
Equality of opportunity
Civic values
Educational quality
What We Know about Tuition Tax Credits
Critical issues related to tax credits
Privatization of Schooling
Issues related to privatization
Discontent with the public sector
Alternative philosophies of government
Home Schooling
Stimulus for growth of home schooling
Critical issues of home schooling
Perspective on the Changing Form of American Education
Discussion Questions
Chapter 6
Searching for Excellence without a Map of the World
Bandwagons
School Safety
Sexual Harassment
Bully Proofing
Value and Character Education
Banners
Retention/Advancement Resolved
Big Ideas
Effective Leadership
Parental Involvement
Volunteers
Learning Models
Students on the Block
Perspective on the Pursuit of Excellence
Overcoming Impediments to Change
Discussion Questions
Chapter 7
Accountability and Assessment
Accountability
Summits, Shared Visions, and Empty Promises
Grilling of High Stakes
Issues Reflected in Practice
What does mastery mean?
Assessment and America's Obsession with Testing
The Quest for Authentic Assessment
The Quest for Early Assessment
Issues in Early Assessment
The Quest for Assessment of Special Abilities
Issues in Assessment of Special Abilities
The Quest for Developmentally Appropriate Assessments
The Quest for Data-Driven Assessments
Perspectives on Accountability and Assessment
Aligning Assessment, Standards, Curriculum, and Instruction
Student Assessment Training, Leadership, and Support
Discussion Questions
Chapter 8
In Search of Improved Instruction
Effective Schools Research
Principals as Instructional Leaders
Critical Issues for Instructional Leaders
Issues Impacting the Principals as the Instructional Leader
Attracting and Retaining Quality Teachers
Mentoring
Professional Development
Reforms in subject matter teaching (standards, curriculum, & pedagogy)
Reforms centered on problems of equity among a diverse student population
Reforms in the nature, extent, and uses of student assessment
Reforms in the social organization of schooling
Reforms in the professionalization of teaching
Improving Instruction with Technology
Discussion Questions
Chapter 9
Here Comes the Judge
Legal Framework Shaping Education
Public Schools, Private Challenges
Education versus Religion
Freedom of Expression versus Censorship
General versus Special Education
Student Rights versus Responsibilities
Tolerance versus Protection
Compulsory Attendance versus Home Schooling
School District Liability versus Educational Malpractice
Teacher Tenure versus Dismissal
Future Critical Issues
AIDS Education and Protection
Prohibitions on Hate Speech
Teacher Testing
Compulsory Community Service
Protections for Homosexual Teachers, Students and Families
Frivolous Lawsuits
Discussion Questions
Chapter 10
Financing America's Schools
Framework for School Finance
Costs of Schooling
Federal, State, and Local School Finance
Paying for Schools
Tax Sources
Income tax
Sales tax
Property tax
Other state funding sources
Distribution of School Revenues
Fiscal Equalization
Critical Issues of Fiscal Equalization
Condition of America's School Buildings
Financing of Infrastructure
Site-Based Budgeting Leadership
Critical Issues of Site-Based Budgeting
Promises and Pitfalls
Future of Site-Based Budgeting
Privatization of Schools
Collaboration, Consolidation, Cooperation
No Dollars Left Behind - School Finance Reform
Discussion Questions
Chapter 11
From Cellar to Stellar Achievement
A Blueprint for Future School Success
Keys for Twenty-First Century Schools
Blueprints for results-driven performance
Data-driven decisions for tomorrow's schools
Continuous and effective communication exemplars
Cutting edge community relations
Disaggregated data driving actions
Criterion referenced testing and setting the bar higher
Multiple indicators for tomorrow's schools
Alternative assessments capture multiple intelligences
Tomorrow's authentic assessment, today
Indicators of climate and engagement charted
Sustained Excellence is Critical for Schools of Today and Tomorrow
Long range studies of success
Additional indicators of school success
Schools of the Future
Professional Development for the 21st Century
Guns or Roses? How Safe are America's Schools?
Law and Order Prevail?
GUNS: Gaining Understanding and Noticing Signs
ROSES: Recommendations Of School Enforcement Strategies
Fostering Safe Schools
Discussion Questions
Chapter 12
Leadership for 21st Century Education
Educational Leadership for the 21st Century
A Modern Philosophy of Leadership
An Evolving Educational Leadership Philosophy
Educational Leadership Action Values
Toward 21st Century Leadership Development
Critical Issues of Educators-Centered Leadership.
Productive Educators-Centered Leadership Groups
Visioning 21st Century Leadership
Critical Issues of Visioning Leadership
Empowerment: The Glue from Educators-Centered Leadership
Impact of 21st Century Leadership
Leadership Research for the 21st Century
Charisma of 21st Century Leadership
Charismatic Leadership and Organizational Culture for the 21st Century
Relationships Built on Trust
Risky Environments
Volatility in the Workplace
Enthusiasm is Contagious
Distant Leadership
Organizational Success Fosters Charisma
Failure Breeds Contempt
Group Cohesiveness
Shattering of the Glass Ceilings
Glass Ceilings in Eeducation
A Triple Pained Glass
Cracks in the Glass
Through the Glass Ceiling in the 21st Century
Who will lead 21st Century Schools?
Recruiting and Retaining School Leaders
Discussion Questions
Chapter 13
"Creating a More Perfect Union with Education beyond Schoolhouse Walls"
Full-Service Schools
Growth of Full-Service Schools
Critical Issues of 21st Century Full-Service Schools
School-Community Collaborations
Interpersonal-Collaborative Partnerships
Benefits of Interpersonal-Collaborative Partnerships to Schools
Partnerships with Parents
Definition and Dimensions for 21st Century Parental Involvement
Data Driven Decisions for 21st Century Parental Involvement
Students' Age and Parental Involvement
School-Business Partnerships
Business Roles in Education in the 21st Century
Trusts, Endowments, and Foundations
Partnerships In Trusts and Endowments
Successful 21st Century Schools Empower Others
Financing Schools outside the Box
Discussion Questions
Chapter 14
Recipes for Effective Schools of the Future
Shaking Out Effective Schools
Total Quality Schools
Mastery Learning and Teaching
Effects of Mastery Learning and Teaching on Education
Brain Research and 21st Century Education
Ethics Based Instruction
Life-Long Learning for The 21st Century
Lifelong Learning Defined
Demand for Lifelong Learning
Information Explosion
New Workforce
Technology Revolution
Career Shifting
Tidal Wave of Age
The Lifelong Learner
Traits
Skills
Learning Needs
Lifelong Learning by Design
Discussion Questions
Chapter 15
Reframing Leadership: Reform for the 21st Century
Perspectives on 21st Century School Reform
New Educational Leadership Theory
The Person in the Professional
Maximizing Staff Potential
High Expectations, Setting and Monitoring Standards
Managing Stress
Dilemmas of School Reform
Develop or Dismiss?
New Century Educational Leadership
Local Politics and Governance
State and National Politics
Organizational Theory
Models for 21st Century Full Scale School Reform
The Reforms: Accelerated Schools -- Don't Remediate, Accelerate
Forecasting 21st Century Full Scale School Reform
Forecasting 21st Century Full Scale School Reform Based On Accelerated Schools Research
The Coalition of Essential Schools
Additional School Reform Efforts
The School Development Program
Projecting Success for All to 21st Century Full Scale Educational Reform
Evidence-Based Leadership
Actions to be Taken
Some Final Words on Leadership and School Reform
A Final Thought for You
Discussion Questions