Leadership Challenges in High Schools

W. Norton Grubb is the David Pierpont Gardner Professor in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the faculty coordinator of the Principal Leadership Institute, a program to prepare principals for urban schools. In addition to conducting wide-ranging research, he provides workshops for secondary and community college instructors and administrators, presenting different approaches to reform. He has also participated in public policy efforts such as the California Master Plan Commission and National Research Council Committee on high school motivation. His recent books include The Education Gospel: The Economic Power of Schooling; Honored But Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges; and Learning to Work: The Case for Reintegrating Education and Job Training.

• Introduction The “People’s College” or “Pathways to Nowhere”?; Chapter 1 “Inspiring Work,” “Sunup to Sundown and Beyond”; Chapter 2 “You Can’t Do It All”; Chapter 3 “The Jewels in Our Crown”; Chapter 4 “Opportunities Together, Opportunities Separate”; Chapter 5 “Some Joke Show”; Chapter 6 “There’s Simply More to Do”;