Current issues in school leadership
By: edited by Larry W. Hughes
Contributors: Hughes, Larry W., 1931-
Series: Topics in educational leadership
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
Subjects: Educational leadership -- United States; School management and organization -- United States; Education -- Political aspects -- United States; Education -- Social aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES; title: Politics, Pressure Groups, and School Change / Larry W. Hughes; title: Violence and Threats of Violence / Ronnie Casella; title: Educational Warriors for Social Justice / Jaime Romo and Mike Roseman; title: Comfortably Numb? Rethinking Social Studies for Social Justice / Cameron White and Tony L. Talbert; title: Religious Controversy / Suzanne Rosenblith; title: Censorship: Who Controls School Curriculum and  Teaching Materials? / Richard Fossey; title: CURRICULUM AND LEARNING ISSUES; title: Class Size and Learning / C. M. Achilles; title: Evaluation of Schools: An Expanded View / Patricia E. Holland and Joy C. Phillips; title: Evaluating Students: Nightmares and Dreams / Richard J. Meyer; title: The Challenges of Diversity: Moving Toward Cultural Proficiency / Reyes Quezada and Keith Osajima; title: Navigating Special Education Tensions and Controversies / Judy A. Mantle; title: 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; title: Technology in the Classroom: Thinking Beyond the Machines / Melissa Pierson; title: ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES; title: Leading the Teacher Work Group / William D. Greenfield Jr.; title: Principal Behaviors and School Outcomes: A Look Inside  Urban Schools / Joseph J. Flessa; title: Culture, Climate, and School Outcomes  / Angus J. MacNeil; title: Professional Development and Education Improvement? / Harles C. M. Achilles and Christopher Tienken; title: School Finance: The Russian Novel / Augustina Reyes and Gloria Rodriguez; title: Charter Schools / Liane Brouillette