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School Safety

The day after the deadly shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School the rallying cry heard across the country was “no-more school shootings!” It was clearly evident that school shootings are increasing and reactive measures are not going to change this. Images from Parkland, Sandy Hook, and Columbine made it ever so clear that …

Words of Wisdom - Vintage Knowledge for Principals

Principals need wisdom. The knowledge built up over time leads to authoritative solutions, resolutions, and actions. In Vintage Knowledge for Principals, over a hundred short entries define a single piece of wisdom, describe its benefits, and provide an example of the wisdom in action. Recommendations based on real-world experience are inexpensive and accessible. In minutes, …

Building Brilliant Schools

Studies in Educational Administration- Beyond Refuge

Beyond Refuge explores abstractions, practicalities, impediments, and assets proffered by research participants to illustrate what an educational transformation should and could look like via a theoretical framework for emancipatory education of forcibly-displaced youth.

Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership

Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership will consist of 11 brief chapters, each covering a critical question that practitioners need to answer in building the board-superintendent partnership

Strategic Communications for School Leaders

Gunther, McGowan and Donegan draw on their own experiences to explain the importance of communication in school leadership. In Strategic Communications for School Leaders to provide the insights and skills necessary for understanding the role of communication in educational leadership. They also lay the foundation for helping leaders-and those that aspire to be-create and execute …

Key Knowledge for Success

Key Knowledge for Success provides effective and efficient solutions for district leaders and their careers. Three sections cover the critical elements of their role, from creating district cohesion to leading with courage and strength while enhancing career success to influence their districts in positive and proactive ways.

When She Leads

Far too often the challenges that women have faced in these roles were not discussed, until now. When She Leads is the dynamic culmination of vivid stories and highlights that depict the joys and pains of a school leader.

Maximum Impact

The book addresses the critical importance of communication, specifically how boards of education and the superintendent must communicate with stakeholders.

Research and Theory in Educational Administration- Who Decides?

Asks who decides how to organise schools around criteria of ability and/or disability and what these decisions imply for leadership in schools. The book interrogates policies, research and personnel preparation practices which constitute interactions, discourses, and institutions that construct and enact ability and disability.