Leadership Strategy Books

New and Published Books

1. Cultivating an Ethical School

   By Robert J. Starratt

   Often the school is left as an institution seemingly ethically neutral, leaving untouched questions about whether the school itself is a site of injustice toward both educators and children. Springing from his well-known Building an Ethical School, Robert J. Starratt now looks more closely at the...

   Published April 17th 2012 by Routledge
2. Intellectual Leadership in Higher Education

   Renewing the role of the university professor

   By Bruce Macfarlane

   Series: Research into Higher Education

   What is ‘intellectual leadership’ and how might this concept be better understood in the modern university? Drawing on research into the role of full or chair professors, this book argues that it is important to define and reclaim intellectual leadership as a counter-weight to the prevailing...

   Published February 19th 2012 by Routledge
3. A Guide to Effective School Leadership Theories

   By Matthew Lynch

   Educational administrators know that leadership requires hundreds of judgments each day that require a sensitivity and understanding of various leadership strategies. Bridging the gap between the academic and practical world, A Guide to Effective School Leadership Theories provides an exploration...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
4. Faculty Diversity

   Removing the Barriers, 2nd Edition

   By JoAnn Moody

   Why do we see so little progress in diversifying faculty at America’s colleges, universities, and professional schools? This book explores this important question and provides steps for hastening faculty diversity. Drawing on her extensive consultant practice and expertise as well as research and...

   Published December 18th 2011 by Routledge
5. School Effectiveness and Improvement Research, Policy and Practice

   Challenging the orthodoxy?

   Edited by Christopher Chapman, Paul Armstrong, Alma Harris, Daniel Muijs, David Reynolds, Pam Sammons

   This book provides a contemporary overview of school effectiveness and improvement. It charts the development theory and research in this area and looks at the contribution made to policy and practice. It also challenges some assumptions that have become ingrained into the theoretical and...

   Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
6. Applied Critical Leadership in Education

   Choosing Change

   By Lorri J. Santamaría, Andrés P. Santamaría

   Educational leaders are seeing the increasing need for practical transformative models and theories to address academic, cultural, and socio-economic gaps separating learners at all levels of the educational system. Applied Critical Leadership in Education explores a leadership model arising from...

   Published October 23rd 2011 by Routledge
7. Political Approaches to Educational Administration and Leadership

   Edited by Eugenie A. Samier, with Adam G. Stanley

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This collection explores the political philosophy and theory foundations for educational administration and leadership as they influence our understanding, analysis and practice in the field. The first section, "Political Philosophy: The Foundations," discusses the work of such writers as...

   Published May 5th 2011 by Routledge
8. Foucault and Educational Leadership

   Disciplining the Principal

   By Richard Niesche

   School principals are increasingly working in an environment of work intensification, high stakes testing, accountability pressures and increased managerialism. Rather than searching for the latest leadership fad or best practice model, this book suggests that in order to better understand these...

   Published March 10th 2011 by Routledge
9. Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education

   Improving Instructional Practice and Student Learning in Schools

   By Allan R. Odden

   Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education offers a comprehensive and strategic approach to address what has become labeled as "talent and human capital." Grounded in extensive research and examples of leading edge districts, this book shows how the entire human resource system in...

   Published January 9th 2011 by Routledge
10. Refocusing School Leadership

    Foregrounding Human Development throughout the Work of the School

    By Robert J. Starratt

    Refocusing School Leadership departs from the more traditional conceptualization of leadership, looking behind the daily routines of human resource leaders to highlight the assumptions and values and beliefs they bring to their work as well as the values and meanings embedded in the various...

    Published August 11th 2010 by Routledge