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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.

Table of Contents:
Prologue - William A. Owings and Leslie S. Kaplan A Brief Look at the ISLLC Standards About the Editors About the Contributors Part I: Understanding Schools and School Leadership 1. Changing Demographics: A Call for Leadership - Harold L. Hodgkinson ISLLC Questions References 2. Media and Political Misrepresentation of Public Education - Gerald W. Bracey ISLLC Questions References Lessons Learned Part II: Leading Change 3. Implementing Change at the Building Level - Michael Fullan ISLLC Questions References 4. Challenges to Leading and Sustaining School Change - William Patterson ISLLC Questions 5. The New Effective Schools - Gordon Cawelti ISLLC Questions References 6. Politics and Education: A Conundrum for School Leadership - Gerald N. Tirozzi ISLLC Questions References Lessons Learned Part III: Teaching and Learning 7. Curriculum and Instruction: Critical and Emerging Issues for Educational Leadership - Robert J. Marzano ISLLC Questions References 8. Enhancing Teaching - Linda Darling-Hammond ISLLC Questions References 9. Teacher Quality - Thomas S. Mawhinny and Laura L. Sagan ISLLC Questions References 10. Using Technology to Change School Learning Culture - Alan November ISLLC Questions Reference 11. Integrating Technology Into Instructional Design - Frank M. Betts ISLLC Questions Annotated References 12. Professional Development in Instructional Technology: A Case Study - Richard W. Shelly ISSLC Questions Lessons Learned Reference Part IV: Meeting Individual Learners′ Needs 13. What Instructional Leaders Need to Know About Special Education - Chriss Walther-Thomas and Michael F. Di Paola ISLLC Questions References 14. Making Inclusion Work - Patricia Jordan Rea ISLLC Questions References 15. Talent Development With English Language Learners - Nora G. Friedman ISLLC Questions References 16. Connecting Authentic Knowledge and Academic Accountability Through Personal Learning Plans - Kelly Clarke/Keefe, Patricia Morgan and Susan Brody Hasazi ISLLC Questions References 17. Severely and Profoundly Disabled Students in the School Community - Phyllis Milne ISLLC Questions 18. Working With Special Education Advocates - Marguerite A. Pittman ISLLC Questions 19. Technology and Gifted Learners - Sandra L. Berger ISLLC Questions References Lessons Learned Part V: Accountability 20. High-Stakes Testing - Ronald S. Brandt ISLLC Questions 21. Are Standards the Answer? - Linda Nathan ISLLC Questions 22. Critical Issues in School Law - Jennifer A. Sughrue and M. David Alexander ISLLC Questions 23. Emerging Issues in Special Education Law - Kathleen S. Mehfoud ISLLC Questions 24. Sustaining the Investment: Technology or Teachers? - Kenneth A. Engebretson Lessons Learned Part VI: Future Trends in Education 25. Changes in Educational Practice - Gene R. Carter ISLLC Questions References 26. Changes in the Educational Landscape - Paul D. Houston ISLLC Questions Lessons Learned Epilogue - Leslie S. Kaplan and William A. Owings Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780761978626
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
  • Edition: annotated ed
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Width: 215 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0761978623
  • Publisher Date: 25 Mar 2003
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 279 mm
  • No of Pages: 580
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 680 gr


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