Case Studies on Educational Administration

Theodore J. Kowalski holds the Kuntz Family Chair in Educational Administration, an endowed professorship at the University of Dayton. A former school superintendent, he previously taught at Purdue University, Saint Louis University, and Ball State University, where he also served as dean of the Teachers College. Professor Kowalski is the author or co-author of 18 books and over 135 book chapters and journal articles. He has published in leading journals such as Educational Administration Quarterly, Phi Delta Kappan, Leadership and Policy in Schools, and Planning and Changing. He also is editor of the Journal of School Public Relations and serves on the editorial boards of two other professional journals.

Preface 

Matrix

Introduction

1      Who Needs Lesson Plans?

2      Who Should Create the School’s Vision?

3      A Bully’s Threat

4      Lounge Talk

5      The Career Center’s Revolving Door

6      Let the Committee Decide

7      Old School Culture and a New Principal

8      School Improvement through Better Grading Practices

9      Sally’s Socialization

10    A Matter of Honor

11    Individualizing Staff Development  

12    Break the Rules and Pay the Price

13    An Ambitious Assistant Principal

14    Let’s Get Strategic

15    Even on Saturdays

16    Appropriate Punishment versus Political Expediency

17    The Passive Principal

18    A Disillusioned Assistant Principal

19    Who Needs Career-Technical Education?

20    Illegal Drugs, In-School Suspension, and the Novice Principal

21    Let’s Not Rap

22    Is the Devil Teaching Spelling?

23    The Dark Side of Decentralization

24    The Maverick School Board Member

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