As is usual, I have difficulty reviewing textbooks, especially textbooks that my teacher assigns but never really actually teaches from. (Technically he had us look at certain pages and we also each will use one of the case studies at the end of each chapter but still.) I can say, at most, that this book delves into the actuality of the education world without keeping its head in the class. However, for a book about the principalship, Sergiovanni spends a lot of time talking about the teaching profession rather than the principalship. Yes, they both are related but...
3.5 Yes, it is a textbook and quite heady, but I appreciated the effort to give implementation scenarios at the end of each chapter. Reading this text has helped me better understand (to some degree anyway) what I think my administration is trying to do.
This books began to define what I knew to be true about leadership in schools. It translates to the coporate world as well. I live by Sergiovanni's philosophy of leadership.