Making Schools Smarter: A System for Monitoring School and District Progress - Hardcover

Leithwood, Kenneth; Aitken, Robert; Jantzi, Doris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761975047 ISBN 13: 9780761975045

Publisher: Corwin, 2000

Synopsis

Updated Edition of Best Seller!

This second edition reflects the authors′ experience in working with many superintendents and principals over the years to use the instruments and procedures outlined in the book to improve organizations.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Leithwood is Emeritus Professor at OISE/University of Toronto. His research and writing is about school leadership, educational policy and organizational change. He has published extensively on these topics. For example, he is the senior editor of both the first and second International Handbooks on Educational Leadership and Administration (Kluwer Publishers, 1996, 2003). His most recent books include How School Leaders Contribute to Student Success (2017, Springer), Linking Leadership to Student Learning (2012, Jossey Bass), Leading School Turnaround (2010, Jossey Bass), Distributed leadership: The state of the evidence (2009, Routledge), Leading with Teachers’ Emotions in Mind (2008, Corwin), Making Schools Smarter (Corwin, 3^rd edition, 2006) and Teaching for Deep Understanding (Corwin, 2006). Among his awards, Professor Leithwood is the inaugural recipient of the University of Toronto’s Impact on Public Policy award, AERA (Division A) 2011 Outstanding Leadership Researcher Award, the 2012 Roald F.  Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award from the University Council for Educational Administration and the Ontario Principal Councils’ Outstanding Contributions to Education Award for 2016. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. With colleagues, he has completed one of the largest studies of its kind about how state, district and school-level leadership influences student learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761975047
• ISBN 13: 9780761975045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208