SAGE Handbook of Educational Leadership

Fenwick W. English (Ph.D.) is the R. Wendell Eaves Senior Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a position he has held since 2001. As a scholar/practitioner he has held positions as a school principal and superintendent of schools in California and New York and as a department chair, dean, and vice-chancellor of academic affairs at universities in Ohio and Indiana. He is the former President of the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA) and of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA). His research has been reported in national and international academic forums. He edited the 2006 SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration, the 2009 SAGE Library of Educational Thought and Practice: Educational Leadership and Administration; and the 2011 SAGE Handbook of Educational Leadership (2nd Ed.). In 2013, he received the Living Legend Award from NCPEA for his lifetime contribution to the field of educational leadership.

• Introduction: Educational Leadership at Century?s Beginning?A Continuing Search for the Philosopher?s Stone - Fenwick W. EnglishPART I: MULTIPLE LENSES OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP1. A History of Public School Leadership: The First Century, 1837?1942 - Ira E. Bogotch2. Culturally Relevant Leadership for Complex 21st-Century School Contexts - Floyd D. Beachum3.Social Justice: Seeking a Common Language - Alan R. Shoho, Betty M. Merchant, and Catherine A. Lugg4. Distributed Leadership and Democratic Community - Jeffrey S. Brooks and Lisa A. W. KenslerPART II: MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND LAW5. The Paradox of Change in Public Schooling and Education Leadership - Carol A. Mullen6. Pivotal Points: History, Development, and Promise of the Principalship - Kathleen M. Brown7. The School Superintendent: Roles, Challenges, and Issues - Theodore J. Kowalski and C. Cryss Brunner8. The Role of Education Law in Leadership Preparation Programs - Charles J. RussoPART III: EDUATIONAL POLITICS AND POLICY: CREATING EFFECTIVE, EQUITABLE, AND DEMOCRATIC SCHOOLS9. Critical Policy/Practice Arenas Predicting 21st-Century Conflict - JoAnn Danelo Barbour10. Educational Leadership and the New Economy: Keeping the ?Public? in Public Schools - Gary L. Anderson and Monica Pini11. Standards for Educational Leaders: Promises, Paradoxes, and Pitfalls - Rosemary Papa12. Wild Patience: Women in School Administration - Charol Shakeshaft13. Metanoia in Educational Leadership: An Alternative Perspective for School Leadership - Cheryl L. BoltonPART IV: THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP: RESEARCH PROBLEMS AND PRACTICES14. The Nature of Inquiry in Educational Leadership - Michelle D. Young and Gerardo R. Lopez15. The Development of Leadership Thought and Practice in the United States - Gary M. Crow and Margaret Grogan16. Exploring Aesthetic Dimensions of Leadership: Re-establishing Human Agency - Eugenie A. SamierPART V: THE MICROPOLITICS OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP17. Curriculum Leadership: The Administrative Survival Skill in a Test-Driven Culture and a Competitive Educational Marketplace - Fenwick W. English and Betty E. Steffy18. Teacher Preparation and Staffing in U.S. Schools - Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr.19. The Gaposis Syndrome: Uses and Misuses of Tests - Robert J. Wright20. Issues of Teaching and Learning - Eric Haas and Leslie Poynor21. New Approaches for School Design - Jeffrey A. Lackney22. Labor Relations and the Challenges of Leading - Todd A. DeMitchell23. Budgeting, Finance, and Planning - William K. Poston, Jr.Author IndexSubject IndexAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors

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