Product Description: A strong superintendent is critical to the success of an entire school district, and this exciting new resource details the issues surrounding the state policies that appoint superintendents.

Product Description: Reform initiatives in public education have included concerns with large scale, systemic reform in which the superintendent was a pivotal player. This volume aims to redress the usual focus of research by stimulating conversations about new ways to conceive of the superintendency role...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The relationship between the federal government and the nation's research enterprise has reached a turning point, as colleges and universities brace for major shifts in education policy. Here, leading authorities explore the history of federal and state roles in educational research, examine shifts in public policy, and discuss future directions for policy that will both strengthen education and complement the role of state government...read more