School Leadership, Management & Administration Books

New and Published Books

1. Human Development and Capabilities

   Re-imagining the university of the twenty-first century

   Edited by Alejandra Boni, Melanie Walker

   Globally, universities are the subject of public debate and disagreement about their private benefits or public good, and the key policy vehicle for driving human capital development for competitive knowledge economies. Yet what is increasingly lost in the disagreements about who should pay for...

   Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
2. Creating Effective Community Partnerships for School Improvement

   A Guide for School Leaders

   By Hazel Carter

   Creating Effective Partnerships for School Improvement places the school within the community which is composed of a number of key players, including school leaders, classroom teachers, private foundations, higher education institutions, business and community based organizations, and government...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
3. Handbook of Test Security

   Edited by James A. Wollack, John J. Fremer

   High stakes tests are the gatekeepers to many educational and professional goals. As such, the incentive to cheat is high. This Handbook is the first to offer insights from experts within the testing community, psychometricians, and policymakers to identify and develop best practice guidelines for...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
4. Cyber Security for Educational Leaders

   A Guide to Understanding and Implementing Technology Policies

   By Richard Phillips, Rayton R. Sianjina

   As leaders are increasingly implementing technologies into their districts and schools, they need to understand the implications and risks of doing so. Cyber Security for Educational Leaders is a much-needed text on developing, integrating, and understanding technology policies that govern schools...

   Published February 18th 2013 by Routledge
5. Ethical Educational Leadership in Turbulent Times

   (Re) Solving Moral Dilemmas, 2nd Edition

   By Joan Poliner Shapiro, Steven Jay Gross

   Educational leaders not only face moral and ethical decisions regarding their classrooms, schools, districts, and education institutions, but they also must consider the complexities and threats that impact their communities. In this unstable era of war, terrorism, natural disasters, accountability...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. Large Scale School Reform and Social Capital Building

   Edited by Ian R. Haslam, Myint Swe Khine, Issa M. Saleh

   This book introduces and explores the nature of large scale reform, and offers a fresh insight into the importance of social capital and professional development leadership for teachers and school management. It synthesizes research on the role of the professional development leader and the...

   Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
7. Multiple Intelligences and Leadership

   Edited by Ronald E. Riggio, Susan Elaine Murphy, Francis J. Pirozzolo

   Series: Series in Organization and Management

   This edited book presents cutting-edge research looking at the role of multiple intelligence--cognitive (IQ), emotional intelligence, social intelligence--in effective leadership, written by the most distinguished scholars in the two distinct fields of intelligence and leadership. The synergy of...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press
8. Educational Leadership and Technology

   Preparing School Administrators for a Digital Age

   By Virginia E. Garland, Chester Tadeja

   Providing models of exemplary use and the latest research, Educational Leadership and Technology reveals the transformational power of emerging technologies to improve student learning, and explores how leaders can bring about this technology integration. This book provides an overview of roles and...

   Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
9. How to Stop Bullying in Classrooms and Schools

   Using Social Architecture to Prevent, Lessen, and End Bullying

   By Phyllis Kaufman Goodstein

   The premise of this guidebook for teacher educators, school professionals, and in-service and pre-service teachers is that bullying occurs because of breakdowns in relationships. The focus of the 10-point empirically researched anti-bullying program it presents is based on building and...

   Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
10. India Infrastructure Report 2012

    Private Sector in Education

    By Idfc Foundation

    Today, India’s education sector remains a victim of poor policies, restrictive regulations and orthodoxy. Despite being enrolled in schools, children are not learning adequately. Increasingly, parents are seeking alternatives through private inputs in school and tuition. Students are dropping out...

    Published December 25th 2012 by Routledge India