Urban School Leadership: Issues and Strategies

This book attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of the major leadership issues facing urban schools. It also provides practical recommendations for improvement to address the challenges of urban school reform. The chapters are: (1) "Circular Hopelessness, Poverty, and Urban Schools"...

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Main Author Sanders, Eugene T. W
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Eye on Education 1999
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Boards of Education
Educational Change
Elementary Secondary Education
Instructional Leadership
Parent Participation
Principals
Superintendents
Urban Schools
Urban Teaching
Urban Youth
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Summary:This book attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of the major leadership issues facing urban schools. It also provides practical recommendations for improvement to address the challenges of urban school reform. The chapters are: (1) "Circular Hopelessness, Poverty, and Urban Schools"; (2) "Academic Achievement and Parental Involvement in Urban Schools"; (3) "Debating Self-Esteem and Urban Students"; (4) "The Contemporary Urban Teacher"; (5) "The Urban Principal"; (6) "The Urban Superintendent"; (7) "The Urban School Board"; (8) "Community Relations and Politics in Urban Schools and Communities"; (9) "Creating Change in Urban Schools"; and (10) "Leadership Challenges for Urban Schools in the New Millennium." (Contains 242 references.) (SLD)
ISBN:9781883001728
1883001722