{"product_id":"linking-leadership-to-student-learning-isbn-9780470623312","title":"Linking Leadership to Student Learning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinking Leadership to Student Learning\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinking Leadership to Student Learning\u003c\/i\u003e clearly shows how school leadership improves student achievement. The book is based on an ambitious five-year study on educational leadership that was sponsored by The Wallace Foundation. The authors studied 43 districts, across 9 states and 180 elementary, middle, and secondary schools. In this book, Kenneth Leithwood, Karen Seashore Louis, and their colleagues report on what they found. They examined leadership at each organizational level in the school system—classroom, school, district, community, and state. Their comprehensive approach to investigating school leadership offers a balanced understanding of how the structures within which leaders operate shape what they do. The results within will have significant implications for future policy and practice. \t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLinking Leadership to Student Learning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kenneth Leithwood and Karen Seashore Louis offer a seminal new contribution to the leadership field. They provide a rich and authoritative evidence base that demonstrates clearly just why school leadership is so important and how it promotes successful student learning.\" —\u003cb\u003ePAMELA SAMMONS, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Education, Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This ambitious, groundbreaking, and thought provoking treatment of the link between school leadership and student learning is a testament to the outstanding work of these exemplary scholars. This is a 'must read' for academics and practitioners alike.\" —\u003cb\u003eMARTHA McCARTHY\u003c\/b\u003e, President's Professor, Loyola Marymount University, and Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, Indiana University  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The question is no longer whether school and district leader's impact student learning, but rather how they do it. The authors provide a convincing answer, one that recognizes the crucial interaction between leader and locality.\" —\u003cb\u003eDANIEL L. DUKE\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Virginia \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigures and Tables ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xix\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael S. Knapp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Leadership and Learning: The Critical Connection 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: School Leadership That Matters for Students 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Collective Leadership: The Reality of Leadership Distribution Within the School Community 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenneth Leithwood and Doris Jantzi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Shared and Instructional Leadership: When Principals and Teachers Successfully Lead Together 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren Seashore Louis and Kyla Wahlstrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Distributed Leadership in Action: A Complex Pattern of People, Tasks, and Goals 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen E. Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Core Practices: The Four Essential Components of the Leader’s Repertoire 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenneth Leithwood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 An Up-Close View of Instructional Leadership: A Grounded Analysis 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKyla Wahlstrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: The Broad and Unique Role of Districts in the School Improvement Business 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 How to Harness Family and Community Energy: The District’s Role 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMolly F. Gordon and Karen Seashore Louis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Confidence for School Improvement: A Priority for Principals 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenneth Leithwood, Blair Mascall, and Doris Jantzi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Principal Efficacy: District-Led Professional Development 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenneth Leithwood, Stephen E. Anderson, and Karen Seashore Louis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Succession: A Coordinated Approach to Leadership Distribution 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlair Mascall and Kenneth Leithwood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Data Use: An Exploration from the District to the School 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen E. Anderson, Kenneth Leithwood, and Karen Seashore Louis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The “District Difference”: A New Perspective on the Local Challenges for Improvement 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen E. Anderson and Karen Seashore Louis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Case Studies: District Responses to State Leadership 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren Seashore Louis, Stephen E. Anderson, and Emanda Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Scale Reliability for Variables 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Additional Evidence Related to Chapter Seven 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 275\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTHE AUTHORS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKENNETH LEITHWOOD\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKAREN SEASHORE LOUIS\u003c\/b\u003e is Regents Professor of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, and Robert H. Beck Chair in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinking Leadership to Student Learning\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinking Leadership to Student Learning\u003c\/i\u003e clearly shows how school leadership improves student achievement. The book is based on an ambitious five-year study on educational leadership that was sponsored by The Wallace Foundation. The authors studied 43 districts, across 9 states and 180 elementary, middle, and secondary schools. In this book, Kenneth Leithwood, Karen Seashore Louis, and their colleagues report on what they found. They examined leadership at each organizational level in the school system—classroom, school, district, community, and state. Their comprehensive approach to investigating school leadership offers a balanced understanding of how the structures within which leaders operate shape what they do. 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