Keywords: agendas, democratic, goodlad, hoyle, murphy, scholarship, sergiovanni

Summary: This portraiture study of four exceptional scholars in education—John Goodlad, John Hoyle, Joseph Murphy, and Thomas Sergiovanni—provides insight into their scholarly work and life habits, direction and aspirations, assessment and analysis of major trends in the profession, and advice for aspiring leaders and academics. Telephone interviews with the ... the results. [Expand Summary] This portraiture study of four exceptional scholars in education—John Goodlad, John Hoyle, Joseph Murphy, and Thomas Sergiovanni—provides insight into their scholarly work and life habits, direction and aspirations, assessment and analysis of major trends in the profession, and advice for aspiring leaders and academics. Telephone interviews with the leading scholars (4) and their referral colleagues (8), in addition to document analysis, validated the following criteria for the selection of exceptional scholarship previously generated via survey respondents (educational leadership professors): The scholar (1) publishes widely, (2) has broad impact, (3) has multiple spheres of influence, and (4) has established mentoring systems. Democratic concepts and agendas for education emerged from the interviews focused on exceptional scholarship, an outcome incorporated within the results. [Collapse Summary]

Keywords: change, educational administration, knowledge base, leadership, reform, school climate, school culture, school improvement

Summary: The professional knowledge base is replete with theoretical postulations, research findings, and practitioner reflections on school improvement, school climate, and school culture. However, surprisingly little has been written that explains the complex role that school climate and culture can play in the school improvement process. The purpose of this article ... school improvement? [Expand Summary] The professional knowledge base is replete with theoretical postulations, research findings, and practitioner reflections on school improvement, school climate, and school culture. However, surprisingly little has been written that explains the complex role that school climate and culture can play in the school improvement process. The purpose of this article is to synthesize the professional knowledge base regarding the constructs of school climate and culture and to answer the following questions: How can leaders assess their school’s climate and culture? How do climate and culture affect, and how are they affected by, the school improvement process? and How can school leaders help to shape or develop cultures and climates that contribute to school improvement? [Collapse Summary]

Keywords: leadership, non-profit administration, preparation program, public education, university organization

Summary: Public education is one portion of a complex system of society that extends far beyond the walls of the schoolhouse. The administration of educational institutions is impacted and influenced by businesses, communities, governmental agencies, laws, special interest and not-for-profit groups, and the general citizenry. The demand of these ... nonprofit administration. [Expand Summary] Public education is one portion of a complex system of society that extends far beyond the walls of the schoolhouse. The administration of educational institutions is impacted and influenced by businesses, communities, governmental agencies, laws, special interest and not-for-profit groups, and the general citizenry. The demand of these groups to improve the quality of public education and prepare students for the world of work beyond school is becoming more intense each year. Universities can and should be instrumental in thinking "out of the box" in the development of school administrator preparation programs. This article reviews one university that is taking the lead in innovative program development by combining the organizational worlds of the service sector through the integration of preparation programs in educational, public sector, and nonprofit administration. [Collapse Summary]

Keywords: Bricolage, Bricoleur, Critical epistemology, Criticalist, Critical leadership, Critical practice, Democracy, Democratic leadership, Epistemology, Inquiry-of-practice, Knowledge-of-practice, Leadership practice, Leadership praxis, Leadership preparation, New epistemology, New scholarship, Post-formal, Praxis, Scholarly inquiry, Scholarly knowledge, Scholarly practice, Scholar-practitioner, Scholar-practitioner leader, Scholar-practitioner leadership, Social justice

Summary: Bricoleur, as presented herein, is used metaphorically and in a postmodern or post-formal (Kincheloe & Steinberg, 1999) sense to represent methods, practices and cultural materials that the scholar-practitioner uses as s/he interacts in the complex web of relationships among knowledge, inquiry, practice, and learning. The purpose of this ... and society. [Expand Summary] Bricoleur, as presented herein, is used metaphorically and in a postmodern or post-formal (Kincheloe & Steinberg, 1999) sense to represent methods, practices and cultural materials that the scholar-practitioner uses as s/he interacts in the complex web of relationships among knowledge, inquiry, practice, and learning. The purpose of this discussion is to critically examine the role of the school leader within the multiple contexts of the school. Specifically, I offer an examination of the school leader as a scholarly practitioner who must draw upon a wide range of scholarly methods, practices, and knowledges necessary to working within and across the political, cultural, economic, and social dynamics of the school and society. [Collapse Summary]

Keywords: change, excellence, school

Summary: This article presents a protocol change leaders can use to navigate whole-system change in their school districts. The information describing the protocol will help change leaders in school districts and policymakers interested in whole-district change answer the question, “How do we transform our entire school system”? The protocol ... this article. [Expand Summary] This article presents a protocol change leaders can use to navigate whole-system change in their school districts. The information describing the protocol will help change leaders in school districts and policymakers interested in whole-district change answer the question, “How do we transform our entire school system”? The protocol is called Step-Up-To-Excellence (SUTE; Duffy, 2002, 2003, 2004a, 2004b, 2004c). Every time SUTE is presented to an audience there is at least one person who calls out some “yes, buts”—statements questioning whether the protocol is practical, do-able, or valid. Three “yes, buts” that are frequently heard and responses to them are found near the end of this article. [Collapse Summary]