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Joseph Murphy - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Patrick B. Forsyth - University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

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Administration & Leadership | School Change, Reform, & Restructuring

February 1999 | 304 pages | Corwin

Examines how well the educational administration reforms in Uniteed States as recommended by the National Commission in Educational Administration, have been implemented.

A valuable book for anyone involved in the educational administration process.

Daniel E Griffiths

Introduction

PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE

Joseph Murphy and Patrick B Forsyth

A Decade of Change

An Overview

Joseph Murphy

The Reform of the Profession

A Self-Portrait

PART TWO: TRACKING CHANGE

Patrick B Forsyth

The Work of UCEA

Scott D Thomson

Causing Change

The National Policy Board for Educational Administration

Ann W Hart and Diana G Pounder

Reinventing Preparation Programs

A Decade of Activity

Eddy J Van Meter

The Persistent Saga

Changing Instruction and Curriculum to Better Prepare School Leaders

Joseph Murphy

Changes in Preparation Programs

Perceptions of Department Chairs

Martha M McCarthy

The 'Changing' Face of the Educational Leadership Professoriate

PART THREE: PROGRESS TO DATE

Nelda H Cambron-McCabe

Confronting Fundamental Transformation of Leadership Preparation

David L Clark

Searching for Authentic Educational Leadership in University Graduate Programs and with Public School Colleagues

Charol Shakeshaft

A Decade Half Full or Decade Half Empty

Thoughts from a Tired Reformer

PART FOUR: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

Patrick B Forsyth and Joseph Murphy

A Decade of Changes

Analysis and Comment

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Joseph F. Murphy

Joseph F. Murphy is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair and associate dean at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University. He has also been a faculty member at the University of Illinois and The Ohio State University, where he was the William Ray Flesher Professor of Education. In the public schools, he has served as an administrator at the school, district, and state levels, including an appointment as the executive assistant to the chief deputy superintendent of public instruction in California. His most recent appointment was as the founding president of the Ohio Principals Leadership Academy. At the university level, he has served as... More About Author

Patrick B. Forsyth

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