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Best Practices, Best Thinking And Emerging Issues in School Leadership

Item # 070

By William Owings & Leslie Kaplan

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.
(Corwin Press, 2003)