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This book presents, in 11 chapters, a comprehensive look at the school superintendent that will be welcomed in the fields of education management and policy. Many different perspectives are represented: studying the school manager (Glass, Kowalski, and Glasman), minorities in the profession (Ortiz and Brunner), and the radical decentralization of the British school system under Thatch and Major (Campell, Powell, and Parker). Legal positions and collective bargaining are also discussed to great effect. Professors, public school educators, and policymakers should all find this book useful due to the critical nature of the superintendency.
List of contents
Part 1 Human Resources Perspective
Chapter 2 Dilemmas of the Modern Superintendency
Chapter 3 Executive Succession Processes and Management Success for Latina Superintendents
Chapter 4 Preparing Superintendents in the 21st Century
Part 5 Superintendents' Relationships to Key Stakeholders
Chapter 6 Carring the Torch of the Jeanes Supervisors
Chapter 7 Superintendents' Views of New and Traditional Collective Bargaining Processes
Chapter 8 Superintendents and Local Boards and the Potential for Community Polarization
Part 9 Superintendents as Policymakers
Chapter 10 Superintendent Evaluation
Chapter 11 Zero Tolerance Policies and the Superintendency
Part 12 The Superintendent in Context
Chapter 13 The Role of the District Superintendent in Leading Academically Successful School Districts
Chapter 14 Caught Betwen the State and the Market
Chapter 15 Bane or Benefit? Considering the Usefulness of Research Focused on Female Superintendents
16 Index
17 About the Contributors
About the author
Bruce S. Cooper, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus, Education Administration and Public Policy, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University; having taught at University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College, after receiving his doctorate at the University of Chicago with Donald A. Erickson, as his mentor. Cooper has written 35 books on education politics and policy, including The Handbook of Education Politics and Policy, in two editions with Lance D. Fusarelli and James Cibulka; served as President of the Politics of Education Association and a founding member of Private School Research Association; and received the Jay D. Scribner Award for Mentoring and the UCEA.
