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Art of School Leadership, Art of School (05 Edition) by Thomas R. Hoerr Book News Annotation Continually asserting that good leadership is about relationships, a school principal in St. Louis shares the lessons he has learned about promoting collegiality, setting goals, evaluating teacher growth, encouraging creativity, making meetings... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Day Camps from Day One: A Hands-On Guide for Day Camp Administration by Connie Coutellier Publisher Comments This camp management manual covers the specialized proficiencies needed to run a successful day camp, including business and marketing expertise, knowledge of regulatory requirements and safety procedures, and interpersonal and leadership skills. The... (read more) Your price: $60.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Politics of Latino Education by David L Leal Synopsis Education is one of the most important public policy issues facing Latinos in the United States today, but the political dynamics behind Latino school achievement and failure are often misunderstoodand at times, overlooked all together. In twelve... (read more) List Price $35.95 Your price: $25.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work with CDROM by Richard Dufour Synopsis Learning by Doing is a guide to help educators take ACTION. After working with schools throughout the U.S. and Canada, the authors discovered that "schools that take the plunge and actually begin doing the work of a PLC develop their capacity to help all... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools (Jossey-Bass Education) by Tony Wagner Publisher Comments The Change Leadership Group at the Harvard School of Education has, through its work with educators, developed a thoughtful approach to the transformation of schools in the face of increasing demands for accountability. This book brings the work of the... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Compelling Conversations: Connecting Leadership to Achievement by Thomasina De Piercy Publisher Comments Compelling Conversations is a direct leadership model based on conditional knowledge research that increases individual teacher capacity. The process uses data and backwards mapping to cut through barriers of norms hidden within traditional isolated... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Principalship: A Social Leadership Approach by Ann Weaver Hart Publisher Comments This is a core text for the principalship course, which in one of the five basic courses required of students seeking to become school principals. It will be the first text to view the principalship from the perspective of social role theory... (read more) List Price $76.56 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Linking Teacher Evaluation and Student Learning by Pamela Tucker Book News Annotation Tucker (education, University of Virginia) and Stronge (educational policy, College of William and Mary) show that including measures of student achievement in teacher evaluations can help schools focus their efforts to meet higher standards. They... (read more) List Price $31.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Leadership & Sustainability: System Thinkers in Action by Michael Fullan Publisher Comments `The book is an excellent read as it provides both ideas and suggestions to empower leaders in the education system. Increasingly, more and more academics write for each other and not for the practitioners who lead our schools, so this is a refreshing... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Contemporary Issues in Educational Policy and School Outcomes by Wayne K. Hoy Publisher Comments This book is the fifth in a series on research and theory dedicated to advancing our understanding of schools through empiricalstudy and theoretical analysis. Scholars, both young and established, are invited to publish original analyses, but we... (read more) List Price $36.80 Your price: $32.66 Google eBooks - Electronic
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New American Schools' Concept of break-the-mold Designs: How Designs Evolved and Why by Susan J. Bodilly Publisher Comments New American Schools, a private nonprofit corporation, was created in 1991 to develop break-the-mold designs for schools serving grades K-12. This report documents the significant changes in the designs that have taken place over the initiative's life... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $8.83 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Improving the Performance of Governing Boards (American Council on Education/Oryx Press Series on Higher Ed) by Richard P Chait Publisher Comments In their highly regarded 1991 book, The Effective Board of Trustees, the authors identified six skill sets or competencies that differentiate strong governing boards from weak ones. Now they have taken their research to the next level by conducting an in-... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Learning from No Child Left Behind: How and Why the Nation's Most Important But Controversial Education Law Should Be Renewed by John E Chubb Publisher Comments Eight years into the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) era, the United States is still very much at risk educationally. Yet, says John E. Chubb, writing on behalf of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, the law is making a positive difference... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Effective School Leadership by James Johnston Publisher Comments Effective leadership generates a school culture that fosters effective learning. But how do you acquire the personal qualities and interpersonal skills so vital for a successful administrator? The good news is that they can be learned. Effective School... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Harnessing the Power of Resistance by Jared Scherz Publisher Comments This book provides rare insights about interpersonal relationships in schools. Most school and classroom leaders view resistance as a hostile threat. But this book shows you how to use it and harness it for school success.In this book, you'll see how... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Transforming Education for Peace (Hc) by Jing Lin Publisher Comments A volume in Peace EducationSeries Editors: Jing Lin, University of Maryland, Edward J. Brantmeier, Colorado State University, and Ian Harris, University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeCurrently, peace education remains marginalized in our education system... (read more) List Price $104.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Accountability in Action by Douglas B. Reeves Publisher Comments Elements of an accountability system that results in improved student... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ethics of Educational Leadership by Ronald W Rebore Publisher Comments This book looks at ethics in educational administration from a practical perspective—viewing significant ethical issues in building and central office administration—and organizes the content to address the requirements of ISLLC... (read more) List Price $70.50 Your price: $35.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Ifip International Federation for Information Processing #131: Quality Education @ a Distance by Gordon Davies Publisher Comments This book considers several aspects of providing quality education at a distance: Quality of systems that support online learning, quality support infrastructure, quality of technical access and support, materials distribution; issues in each of these... (read more) List Price $169.75 Your price: $27.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Program Evaluation Standards by Joint Committee On Standards For Educational Evaluation (cor) Publisher Comments The Second Edition provides evaluators and users of evaluation with practical guidelines for planning, implementing, and judging evaluations in educational and social programming. This new edition is further strengthened by more diverse illustrative... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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