Voices for democracy
Subtitle: struggles and celebrations of transformational leaders
By: edited by Paul Kelleher and Rebecca Van der Bogert.
Contributors: Kelleher, Paul, 1943-; Van der Bogert, Rebecca.; National Society for the Study of Education.
Series: Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education -- 105th, pt. 1
Publisher: NSSE; Distributed by Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago; Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: School management and organization; Educational leadership
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword : The Superintendent : championing the deepest purposes of education / Paul D. Houston; title: 1. Introduction : The Landscape of the superintendency : from despair to hope / Paul Kelleher and Rebecca van der Bogert; title: 2. Confronting the universal disbelief that poor children can achieve at high levels / Paul Kelleher with Beverly Hall; title: 3. Attacking the achievement gap in a diverse urban-suburban community : a curricular case study / Allan Alson; title: 4. A Tale of two cities / Paul Kelleher with Larry Leverett; title: 5. A New superintendent embraces the role of teacher / Linda Hanson; title: 6. The Importance of a "good fit" / Paul Kelleher with Juan Martinez (pseudonym); title: 7. Democracy during hard times / Rebecca van der Bogert; title: 8. Learning on the job : the education of a school board president in shared leadership / Becky Bair Hurley; title: 9. Educational leadership as civic humanism / John R. Wiens; title: Commentaries; title: Constructivist superindents  / Bena Kallick; title: Making our own minds the object of our learning : three reasons to seek self-knowledge / Barry Jentz.