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Best Practices, Best Thinking, and Emerging Issues in School Leadership
Edited by:
- William Owings - Old Dominion University, USA
- Leslie Kaplan - Newport News Public Schools (Retired)
January 2003 | 580 pages | Corwin
Featuring the leading figures in educational leadership, this new resource from Owings and Kaplan connects best thinking with best practices and emerging issues in school leadership. The contributing authors—including Michael Fullan, Linda Darling-Hammond, Alan November, Robert Marzano, Gerald Tirozzi, and Gene Carter—present leading research and key considerations to assist in making decisions about new programs and new directions for your school.
This book highlights:
- Future Trends
- Recruiting
- High-Stakes Testing
- Teacher Quality
- Technology
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Special Education
- School Law
- Political Environment
- Building-level Change
- Parent/Community Relationships
Best Practices, Best Thinking, and Emerging Issues in School Leadership unites the ideas of these leading educators and researchers with the perspectives of practicing principals, reconciling theory and fieldwork with recommendations for best practice—truly applying research-into-practice into one manageable, accessible guide.
William A. Owings and Leslie S. Kaplan
Prologue
A Brief Look at the ISLLC Standards
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Part I: Understanding Schools and School Leadership
Harold L. Hodgkinson
1. Changing Demographics: A Call for Leadership
Gerald W. Bracey
2. Media and Political Misrepresentation of Public Education
Part II: Leading Change
Michael Fullan
3. Implementing Change at the Building Level
William Patterson
4. Challenges to Leading and Sustaining School Change
Gordon Cawelti
5. The New Effective Schools
Gerald N. Tirozzi
6. Politics and Education: A Conundrum for School Leadership
Part III: Teaching and Learning
Robert J. Marzano
7. Curriculum and Instruction: Critical and Emerging Issues for Educational Leadership
Linda Darling-Hammond
8. Enhancing Teaching
Thomas S. Mawhinny and Laura L. Sagan
9. Teacher Quality
Alan November
10. Using Technology to Change School Learning Culture
Frank M. Betts
11. Integrating Technology Into Instructional Design
Richard W. Shelly
12. Professional Development in Instructional Technology: A Case Study
Part IV: Meeting Individual Learners' Needs
Chriss Walther-Thomas and Michael F. Di Paola
13. What Instructional Leaders Need to Know About Special Education
Patricia Jordan Rea
14. Making Inclusion Work
Nora G. Friedman
15. Talent Development With English Language Learners
Kelly Clarke/Keefe, Patricia Morgan and Susan Brody Hasazi
16. Connecting Authentic Knowledge and Academic Accountability Through Personal Learning Plans
Phyllis Milne
17. Severely and Profoundly Disabled Students in the School Community
Marguerite A. Pittman
18. Working With Special Education Advocates
Sandra L. Berger
19. Technology and Gifted Learners
Part V: Accountability
Ronald S. Brandt
20. High-Stakes Testing
Linda Nathan
21. Are Standards the Answer?
Jennifer A. Sughrue and M. David Alexander
22. Critical Issues in School Law
Kathleen S. Mehfoud
23. Emerging Issues in Special Education Law
Kenneth A. Engebretson
24. Sustaining the Investment: Technology or Teachers?
Part VI: Future Trends in Education
Gene R. Carter
25. Changes in Educational Practice
Paul D. Houston
26. Changes in the Educational Landscape
Leslie S. Kaplan and William A. Owings
Epilogue
Index