Overview
American education has been, and will continue to be, a high-profile subject; and in the end, it is school superintendents who carry the weight of the effort when it comes to school improvement. This book provides an inside perspective on the superintendency today and where it's headed tomorrow, with a focus on practical action. Case studies developed around actual school systems highlight key issues in this must-have book.
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Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1. This is Now; Then is Then
Chapter 2. The Main Thing--Academic Learning
Chapter 3. The Other Things
Chapter 4. Research and Innovation: Let the Buyer Beware
Chapter 5. The Sine Qua Non---Budgeting and Personnel
Chapter 6. Nuts and Bolts
Chapter 7. People Are Everything
Chapter 8. The Community--You Work for Them and They Pay the Bills
Chapter 9. School Boards--Partners in Policy
Chapter 10. Communications: Illusions and Realities
Chapter 11. Hardware, Software, Vaporware, and Wetware
Chapter 12. Issues for the Future
Index
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