| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 375 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Topics in educational leadership
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Topics in educational leadership.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES -- Politics, Pressure Groups, and School Change / Larry W. Hughes -- Violence and Threats of Violence / Ronnie Casella -- Educational Warriors for Social Justice / Jaime Romo and Mike Roseman -- Comfortably Numb? Rethinking Social Studies for Social Justice / Cameron White and Tony L. Talbert -- Religious Controversy / Suzanne Rosenblith -- Censorship: Who Controls School Curriculum and Teaching Materials? / Richard Fossey -- CURRICULUM AND LEARNING ISSUES -- Class Size and Learning / C.M. Achilles -- Evaluation of Schools: An Expanded View / Patricia E. Holland and Joy C. Phillips -- Evaluating Students: Nightmares and Dreams / Richard J. Meyer -- The Challenges of Diversity: Moving Toward Cultural Proficiency / Reyes Quezada and Keith Osajima -- Navigating Special Education Tensions and Controversies / Judy A. Mantle -- WhatÆs at Stake for High-Quality Art Education in a High-Stakes Testing Era? The Importance of Escaping a View-Master Conception of Education / Sara Wilson McKay -- Technology in the Classroom: Thinking Beyond the Machines / Melissa Pierson -- ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES -- Leading the Teacher Work Group / William D. Greenfield Jr. -- Principal Behaviors and School Outcomes: A Look Inside Urban Schools / Joseph J. Flessa -- Culture, Climate, and School Outcomes / Angus J. MacNeil -- Professional Development and Education Improvement? / Harles C.M. Achilles and Christopher Tienken -- School Finance: The Russian Novel / Augustina Reyes and Gloria Rodriguez -- Charter Schools / Liane Brouillette. |
| Summary |
Examines controversies about, and affecting, school practices. Focusing on two questions--what is important to today's school leaders? and what is interfering with schooling processes?--it includes chapters by a broad range of authors. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Educational leadership -- United States.
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Educational leadership. |
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United States. |
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School management and organization -- United States.
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School management and organization. |
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Education -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Education -- Political aspects. |
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Education -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Education -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hughes, Larry W., 1931-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Current issues in school leadership. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005 0805849645 (DLC) 2004021590 (OCoLC)56608123 |
| ISBN |
1410611906 (electronic book) |
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9781410611901 (electronic book) |
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0805849645 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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