Leadership Lessons from Comprehensive School Reforms

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 department chair and associate dean.He is past vice president of the American Educational Research Association and was the founding chair of the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC). He is co-editor of the AERA Handbook on Educational Administration (1999) and editor of the National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE) yearbook, The Educational Leadership Challenge (2002).His work is in the area of school improvement, with special emphasis on leadership and policy. He has authored or co-authored 18 books in this area and edited another 12. His most recent authored volumes include Understanding and Assessing the Charter School Movement (2002), Leadership for Literacy: Research-Based Practice, PreK-3 (2003), Connecting Teacher Leadership and School Improvement (2005), Preparing School Leaders: Defining a Research and Action Agenda (2006), and Turning Around Failing Schools: Lessons From the Organizational Sciences.

"Leadership Lessons From Comprehensive School Reforms addresses a topic that has received far too little attention in the comprehensive school reform movement: the role of school and district leaders in the reform process. This volume shows how much we’ve learned about how leaders shape comprehensive reform and how the reform process must shape leadership."

• About the EditorsAbout the ContributorsPrefacePart I: Setting the Stage1. The Development of Comprehensive School Reform - Joseph Murphy and Amanda DatnowPart II: New American Schools Designs2. Expeditionary Learning Schools: Tenacity, Leadership and School Reform - Greg Farrell3. The Modern Red Schoolhouse: Leadership in Comprehensive School Reform Initiatives - Sally B. Kilgore and James D. Jones4. Co-nect: Purpose, Accountability, and School Leadership - Bruce Goldberg and Donald M. Morrison5. The Accelerated Schools Project: Can a Leader Change the Culture and Embed Reform? - Christine Finnan and James Meza, Jr.6. New American Schools: District and School Leadership for Whole-School Reform - Mark Berends, Susan Bodilly, and Sheila Nataraj KirbyPart III: Annenberg Challenge Initiatives7. The Chicago Annenberg Challenge: Lessons on Leadership for School Development - Mark A. Smylie, Stacy A. Wenzel, and Carol R. Fendt8. The Bay Area School Reform Collaborative: Building the Capacity to Lead - Michael Aaron CoplandPart IV: Other National Comprehensive School Reform Designs9. Success for All: District and School Leadership - Amanda Datnow and Marisa Castellano10. The Coalition of Essential Schools: Leadership for Putting the Common Principles into Practice - Peter M. Hall and Peggy L. Placier11. The Comer School Development Process: Developing Leadership in Urban Schools - Charles M. Payne and John B. DiamondPart V: Conclusion12. Leadership Lessons from Comprehensive School Reform Designs - Joseph Murphy and Amanda DatnowIndex