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Failure Is Not an Option(TM): Six Principles That Guide Student Achievement in High-Performing Schools

Failure Is Not an Option(TM): Six Principles That Guide Student Achievement in High-Performing Schools

by Alan M. Blankstein

A Copublication With the HOPE Foundation Covering theory into practice, this state-of-the-art resource gives school leaders the tools they need to create and sustain effective professional learning communities.

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (2nd Edition)

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (2nd Edition)

by John W. Creswell

"Creswell's Research Design is an accessible and useful book that stimulates students through walk through experiences, use of exercises, and production of actual writing samples. It is a book that models the types of issues that best suit different approaches and allows students to understand when to use mixed methods. Furthermore, its focus on theory and paradigms is done in a way that helps students decode... (more)

American Public School Law

by Kern Alexander

This market-leading text for graduate-level courses in educational law is a combined textbook/casebook that provides a comprehensive view of the law that governs the public school system of America. The case method approach allows instructors to involve discussion to discover and expose the reasoning of the law. This helps students relate factual situations to the law while recognizing similar experiences they may... (more)

Educational Administration: Concepts and Practices

Educational Administration: Concepts and Practices

by Allan C. Ornstein, Frederick C. Lunenburg

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION: CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES, the best-selling, most comprehensive and respected text on the market, discusses all topics covered by other educational administration texts, and MORE: culture, change, curriculum, human resources administration, diversity, effective teaching strategies, and supervision of instruction. Lunenburg and Ornstein include more exciting pedagogical features than any... (more)

Strengthening the Heartbeat: Leading and Learning Together in Schools (Jossey-Bass Education Series)

Strengthening the Heartbeat: Leading and Learning Together in Schools (Jossey-Bass Education Series)

by Thomas J. Sergiovanni

Study after study has concluded that no matter how competently managed a school may be, it is the bringing together of leadership and learning that makes the difference between ordinary and extraordinary performance. Strengthening the Heartbeat offers leaders a clear and compelling way to help their schools achieve extraordinary results. The proven principles outlined in this book can help any school build a... (more)

The Constructivist Leader

by Linda Lambert, Deborah Walker, Diane P. Zimmerman, Joanne E. Cooper, Morgan Dale Lambert, Mary E. Gardner, Margaret Szabo

The Constructivist Leader provides educational leaders at all levels with a conceptual framework for leadership defined as reciprocal, purposeful learning in community. The updated Second Edition of this best-selling book enables readers to carry this constructivist vision and purpose forward, while effectively implementing standards-based reform, authentic assessment, and constructivist-based accountability. This... (more)

Cultivating Communities of Practice

by Etienne Wenger

Today's marketplace is fueled by knowledge. Yet organizing systematically to leverage knowledge remains a challenge. Leading companies have discovered that technology is not enough, and that cultivating communities of practice is the keystone of an effective knowledge strategy. Communities of practice come together around common interests and expertise- whether they consist of first-line managers or customer... (more)

Cultivating Leadership in Schools: Connecting People, Purpose, & Practice

Cultivating Leadership in Schools: Connecting People, Purpose, & Practice

by Gordon A. Donaldson

An excellent resource for aspiring and experienced instructional leaders, this popular text reveals a practical model of leadership for teacher leaders, principals, and school teams. It honors the working realities of schools and highlights interpersonal and intrapersonal skills and qualities essential to successful school leadership. This completely updated second edition features: * Greater emphasis on how... (more)

The Culturally Proficient School: An Implementation Guide for School Leaders

The Culturally Proficient School: An Implementation Guide for School Leaders

by Randall B. Lindsey

The authors examine the guiding principles of cultural proficiency, its essential elements, and the self-imposed barriers to moral leadership.

Connecting Teacher Leadership and School Improvement

Connecting Teacher Leadership and School Improvement

by Joseph Murphy

By providing a comprehensive look at a popular professional development strategy, this handbook will help educators understand and utilize teacher leadership as a path to school improvement.

Educational Administration: Theory, Research, and Practice

Educational Administration: Theory, Research, and Practice

by Wayne K. Hoy

The leading text in its field, the sixth edition presents the most comprehensive synthesis available of theory and research in organizational behavior as it applies to the practice of Educational Administration. It provides practitioners with the concepts and research findings necessary to solve practical problems. Each theoretical perspective concludes with an authentic case study which challenges students to... (more)

The Keys to Effective Schools: Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement:

The Keys to Effective Schools: Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement:

With this easy-to-use leadership resource, you’ll find successful strategies with case studies, CBAM materials, and sample agendas to help the change process run smoothly for every school.

Leadership for Social Justice: Making Revolutions in Education

Leadership for Social Justice: Making Revolutions in Education

by Catherine Marshall, Maricela Oliva

This book brings together the realities of inequities in schooling, addressed by authors with the most recent scholarship available, and provides applications and strategies for intervention to make change. The book is divided into 3 distinct parts: Re-defining Leadership for Social Justice; Preparing Social Justice Leaders; and Next Steps, to mobilize to action as well as to make information accessible and... (more)

Teaching in the Knowledge Society: Education in the Age of Insecurity (Professional Learning)

Teaching in the Knowledge Society: Education in the Age of Insecurity (Professional Learning)

by Andy Hargreaves

We are living in a defining moment, when the world in which teachers do their work is changing profoundly. In his latest book, Hargreaves proposes that we have a one-time chance to reshape the future of teaching and schooling and that we should seize this historic opportunity. Hargreaves sets out what it means to teach in the new knowledge society - to prepare young people for a world of creativity and flexibility... (more)

Sent to the Principal: Students Talk about Making High Schools Better

Sent to the Principal: Students Talk about Making High Schools Better

by Kathleen Cushman

Whether talking about dress codes, detention policies, or school security, teenagers want to help make school a place they care about. Leaders of the nation's 300,000 high schools will be listening to their strategies for changing school culture so that students will invest in their own success.

Get Organized!: Time Management for School Leaders

Get Organized!: Time Management for School Leaders

by Frank Buck

This book provides tools and technqiues to bring order and control to your personal and professional life. This book is very practical and easy to implement. You will be able to put this material into practice immediately.

Leading With Teacher Emotions in Mind

by Kenneth A. Leithwood

This research-based study helps administrators create a school environment that responds to teacher emotions and results in higher teacher retention, instructional effectiveness, and student achievement.

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