Principals Under Pressure The Growing Crisis

Presents the arguments, rationales, and explanations for what American principals do by looking at the international context in which the American educational system is situated and in which American school principals operate.

Alexander W. Wiseman is an assistant professor of education at the University of Tulsa.

Preface: Reflecting on School Principals

vii

Acknowledgments

xi

Part 1 The American School Principal Crisis

1

(34)

Getting a Perspective on Principals

5

(12)

Expectations for American School Principals

17

(12)

American Principals in a Global Context

29

(6)

Part 2 Questioning Conventional Wisdom

35

(56)

The Leadership Dilemma

39

(8)

Are Principals Instructional Leaders?

47

(18)

Are Principals Accountable for School Performance?

65

(14)

Are Principals Public Servants?

79

(12)

Part 3 New Ways of Thinking about Principals

91

(48)

The New Institutionalism in Schools

93

(8)

The Complexity of School Principals' Work

101

(10)

Why School Principals Do What They Do

111

(12)

The Mixed School Principal Model

123

(6)

Averting the Crisis

129

(10)

References

139

(6)

Index

145

(3)

About the Author

148

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Principals Under Pressure The Growing Crisis

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