African American Perspectives on Leadership in Schools Building a Culture of Empowerment

This book fills an educational void in the school leadership literature as it relates to historical, theoretical, intellectual and cultural understandings among those who prepare individuals for leadership in schools and for those who practice leadership in schools attended by significant numbers of African American students. Contributors to this volume are scholars whose research and service in schools have been important in understanding the historical, intellectual and cultural traditions that facilitate and support effective leadership and in schools where African American school leaders, teachers, students, parents, and their communities of support construct effective and productive _cultures of empowerment and achievement_.

Lenoar Foster(1951-2009) held joint professorial appointments in educational leadership and higher education in the College of Education at Washington State University and was associate dean for administration, research, and graduate studies. He passed away just prior to publication of this book. Linda C. Tillman is a professor in the Educational Leadership Program at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and vice president of Division A of the American Educational Research Association.