Ethical Leadership in Schools : Creating

This invaluable resource explores situations that principals are likely to encounter and presents questions and issues to help them confront difficult ethical dilemmas.

Kenneth A. Strike is a professor of cultural foundations of education and of philosophy at Syracuse University. He is also professor emeritus at Cornell University, where he taught from 1971 to 2000, and is former chair of the Department of Education Policy Studies at the University of Maryland.

Series Foreword

ix

E. Joseph Schneider

Series Introduction

xiii

Willis D. Hawley

E. Joseph Schneider

Preface

xv

About the Author

xix

Moral Principles and Moral Principals? An Introduction

1

(20)

A Scenario

1

(2)

Prologue

3

(1)

Ethics and Leadership

4

(2)

Ethics and Morality: What Are They? What Is Ethics About?

6

(1)

Ethics and Pluralism

7

(2)

Ethics and Morality

9

(2)

Ethics and Leadership

11

(2)

Lying for Good Ends

13

(1)

Three Historical Approaches

13

(2)

Lying and Equal Respect

15

(1)

Lying and Benefit Maximization

15

(1)

Lying and Community

16

(1)

Trust and Community

17

(2)

Conclusions and Outline of Chapters

19

(2)

What Is Education For?

21

(22)

Prologue and Scenario

22

(1)

What Should We Make of This?

23

(1)

Human Capital Development

24

(4)

The Examined Life

28

(3)

Citizenship

31

(3)

Human Flourishing

34

(6)

Conclusions

40

(3)

Constitutional Essentials, Part I: Intellectual Liberty, Religious Freedom, and Intellectual Community

43

(22)

Prologue

44

(2)

Constitutional Essentials

46

(2)

Freedom of Thought and Expression, Truth, Understanding, and Argument

48

(3)

Individuality

51

(3)

Leadership and Learning Communities

54

(1)

Schooling and Religion

55

(5)

Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design

60

(2)

Conclusions

62

(3)

Constitutional Essentials, Part II: Equal Opportunity and Multicultural Community

65

(26)

Prologue and Scenario

66

(2)

Brown v. Board of Education and Its Aftermath

68

(2)

Equal Opportunity

70

(6)

Justice and Resource Allocation

76

(6)

Equality, Community, and Diversity: The Idea of Community

82

(3)

Community and Equality

85

(2)

Community and Diversity

87

(3)

Conclusions

90

(1)

Constitutional Essentials, Part III: Democracy, Community, and Accountability

91

(20)

Prologue and Scenario

91

(3)

Democratic Community and Democratic Leadership

94

(5)

Professional Community

99

(3)

Local Community and Parental Authority

102

(4)

Accountability

106

(4)

Conclusions

110

(1)

Ethical Decision Making

111

(20)

Prologue and Scenario

111

(2)

The Anatomy of Ethical Decision Making

113

(3)

Ends-Means Reasoning and Evidence-Based Decision Making: Choosing Ends

116

(2)

Measurable Goals?

118

(3)

The Meaning of Meeting Benchmarks

121

(3)

Due Process and Its Friends

124

(6)

Conclusions

130

(1)

Professional Community and the Ethics of Accountability

131

(18)

Prologue

131

(1)

Accountability and Its Rationales

131

(2)

Accountability and Professional Community

133

(2)

Three Vices of Accountability

135

(4)

Standards and Accountability

139

(6)

Gaming

145

(1)

Conclusions

146

(3)

References

149

(4)

Index

153

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Ethical Leadership in Schools : Creating Community in an Environment of Accountability

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