Best Practices, Best Thinking, and Emerging Issues in School Leadership

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
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Lessons Learned
Part II: Leading Change
3. Implementing Change at the Building Level - Michael Fullan
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4. Challenges to Leading and Sustaining School Change - William Patterson
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5. The New Effective Schools - Gordon Cawelti
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6. Politics and Education: A Conundrum for School Leadership - Gerald N. Tirozzi
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Lessons Learned
Part III: Teaching and Learning
7. Curriculum and Instruction: Critical and Emerging Issues for Educational Leadership - Robert J. Marzano
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8. Enhancing Teaching - Linda Darling-Hammond
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9. Teacher Quality - Thomas S. Mawhinny and Laura L. Sagan
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10. Using Technology to Change School Learning Culture - Alan November
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11. Integrating Technology Into Instructional Design - Frank M. Betts
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Annotated References
12. Professional Development in Instructional Technology: A Case Study - Richard W. Shelly
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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
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14. Making Inclusion Work - Patricia Jordan Rea
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15. Talent Development With English Language Learners - Nora G. Friedman
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16. Connecting Authentic Knowledge and Academic Accountability Through Personal Learning Plans - Kelly Clarke/Keefe, Patricia Morgan and Susan Brody Hasazi
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17. Severely and Profoundly Disabled Students in the School Community - Phyllis Milne
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18. Working With Special Education Advocates - Marguerite A. Pittman
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19. Technology and Gifted Learners - Sandra L. Berger
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Lessons Learned
Part V: Accountability
20. High-Stakes Testing - Ronald S. Brandt
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21. Are Standards the Answer? - Linda Nathan
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22. Critical Issues in School Law - Jennifer A. Sughrue and M. David Alexander
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23. Emerging Issues in Special Education Law - Kathleen S. Mehfoud
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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
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26. Changes in the Educational Landscape - Paul D. Houston
ISLLC Questions
Lessons Learned
Epilogue - Leslie S. Kaplan and William A. Owings
Index

William A. Owings, Ed.D. is currently a professor of educational leadership at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. Owings has worked as a public school teacher, an elementary and high school principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent of schools. His professional interests are in school finance, principal quality, and teacher quality as they relate to school improvement and student achievement. In addition, his scholarly publications co-authored with Leslie Kaplan include articles in National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Bulletin, Journal of School Leadership, Journal of Education Finance, Journal of Effective Schools, Phi Delta Kappan, and the Teachers College Record. Owings has served on the state and international board of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), is currently the editor of the Journal for Effective Schools, and is on the Journal of Education Finance Editorial Advisory Board. He is a frequent presenter at state and national conferences and a consultant on educational leadership, school finance, and instructional improvement. Owings and Kaplan share the 2008 Virginia Educational Research Association Charles Edgar Clear Research Award for Consistent and Substantial Contributions to Educational Research and Scholarship. http://www.ejbe.org/EJBE2012Vol05No10p45OWINGS-KAPLAN-PIRIM.pdf http://issuu.com/odujes/docs/journal_for_effective_schools/1?mode=a_p http://www.effectiveschoolsjournal.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=72 http://www.ejbe.org/EJBE-2012-Nov-5-10.htm Leslie S. Kaplan, Ed.D. is a retired school administrator in Newport News, VA and is currently a full-time education writer. She has provided middle and high school instructional and school improvement leadership as an assistant principal for instruction as well as central office leadership as a director of program development. Before becoming a school administrator, she worked as a middle and high school counselor, and these insights continue to infuse her leadership behaviors. Her professional interests focus on teacher quality, principal quality, and school finance and their relationship to school improvement and increasing student achievement. She has co-authored several books and monographs with William Owings including American Public School Finance (2nd edition); Educational Foundations (2nd edition); Leadership and Organizational Behavior in Education: Theory into Practice; The Effective Schools Movement: History, Analysis, and Application; Teacher Quality, Teaching Quality, and School Improvement; Best Practices, Best Thinking, and Emerging Issue in School Leadership; and Enhancing Teacher and Teaching Quality. Kaplan's scholarly publications, co-authored with Owings', appear in numerous peer-reviewed professional journals. Kaplan is co-editor of the Journal for Effective Schools, and also serves on the NASSP Bulletin Editorial Board. She is a past president of the Virginia Counselors' Association and the Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and presently sits on the board of Voices for Virginia's Children. http://www.ejbe.org/EJBE2012Vol05No10p45OWINGS-KAPLAN-PIRIM.pdf http://issuu.com/odujes/docs/journal_for_effective_schools/1?mode=a_p http://www.effectiveschoolsjournal.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=72 http://www.ejbe.org/EJBE-2012-Nov-5-10.htm