school administrators

"Kendra James began her professional life selling a lie. As an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for select prep schools, her job was persuading students and families to embark on the same perilous journey attending cutthroat and largely white schools similar to The Taft School, an elite institution in Connecticut where she had been the first African-American legacy student only a few years earlier. Forced to reflect on her own elite educational experience, she quickly became disillusioned by America's inequitable system."--.

"The challenges of leadership come in distinct cycles of survival, creation, and legacy, according to the authors. Learn to recognize the challenges of each cycle and be ready to adjust your leadership to match your context using research-based strategies. Understand how a clear moral purpose can enhance every leader's ability to lead effective change"--Publisher's website.

"Explore[s] how using instructional coaching techniques enables principals to balance learning leadership with their evaluative and supervisory duties"--Provided by publisher.

Recounts the author's life in education, discussing where he believes schools have gone wrong and what they should look like.

Joel Klein, former chancellor of the New York City schools, offers a behind-the-scenes story of the city's campaign to improve public education.