School Leadership and Administration

by Richard Gorton, Judy A. Alston

School Leadership and Administration, 10e is fundamentally a text about leadership for any situation. Primarily focused toward school leaders, School Leadership and Administration offers global application with its principles for those who may be in areas such as higher education administration, military educational training programs, agency management, and government services administration. "Window on Diversity" features in each chapter provide students the reflective opportunity to "Stop and Consider."

448 pages, Unbound

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Yari · Rating 3 out of 5]

First half of the book is spot on- relevant to the field of school administration. The other half is just a listing of case studies with possible solutions left to the reader (some were extreme to the point of being unrealistic) - not helpful at all. My professor did not utilize any of the case studies which made it even more useless. An expensive book.. yet only half was worth anything. Not impressed.

[Mandie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is one of the most obnoxious and pretentious books I’ve had the displeasure of reading. It was so awful I stopped reading and only skimmed the necessary pages for my coursework. The authors try way too hard to sound highly intelligent and all it does is make for unnatural sentences. In one table explaining types of power, they just say “similar to what we discussed earlier”. Similar in what way? Discussed when? 🙄 just awful.

[Hillary Chapman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I had the 9th edition that is quite dated, on loan from Amazon and it is absolutely falling apart, this book has so many important lessons on roles, skills, responsibilities and practical scenarios that educational leaders face daily. It was 1 of 2 textbooks that I found very useful in my EWU Principal's Certification program.

[Reuel · Rating 2 out of 5]

More of a K-12 focus than I cared for.