SUSAN MOORE JOHNSON, a former high school teacher and administrator, is academic dean and professor of education in administration, planning, and social policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is the author of Teacher Unions in Schools (1984) and Teachers at Work (1990).

"At the very time that good superintAndents are burning out from the complexities and demands of the job, and at the very time that leadership by superintAndents is all the more crucial for reform, comes a book that inspires and points the way to a new superintAndency. This is a book that captures the present multifaceted nature of the superintAndency while lifting it to new, exciting, achievable heights." (Michael G. Fullan, dean, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto)

• The Superintendents and School Districts. GREAT EXPECTATIONS. The Promise and Prospect of Leadership. Looking for Leaders. EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP. Crafting a Vision. Leading Reform. Engaging School Leaders. POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. Political Contexts and Constituents. The Politics of Equity and Excellence. MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP. Managing to Lead. Managerial Levers. LEADING TO CHANGE. Toward a New Superintendency.