Kenneth Leithwood is Professor, Educational Administration and Head, Centre for Leadership Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

• Acknowledgments Preface 1. Introduction: Transforming Politics into EducationKenneth Leithwood 2. How Effective Superintendents Understand Their Own workEdward A. Holdaway and Anthony Genge 3. Chiefs and Chairs: Working Relationships between Effective CEOs and Board of Education ChairpersonsDerek J. Allison, Patricia A. Allison, and Helen A. McHenry 4. Prospects for Organizational Learning in Expertly Managed Group Problem SolvingKenneth Leithwood, Rosanne Steinbach, and Tiiu Raun 5. Superintendents' Management of State-Initiated Reform: A Matter of InterpretationFran Wills and Kent Peterson 6. Restructuring in Kentucky:The Changing Role of the Superintendent and the District OfficeJoseph Murphy 7. How a Few Politicians and Managers of Education Find Policy Success and Happiness: Part IRichard G. Townsend 8. Plucking Billiard Balls Out of Thin Air: How a Few Politicians and Managers of Education Hustle Policy: Part IIRichard G. Townsend 9. How CEOs Influence School System CultureDonald Musella 10. Educated Dissent: Implications of Policy Disagreement for Educational LeadershipMark Holmes 11. Toward Improving the Structures for School System LeadershipStephen B. Lawton, Joyce Scan, and Shihui Wang 12. Toward a More Comprehensive Appreciation of Effective School District LeadershipKenneth Leithwood Subject Index Name Index

Kenneth Leithwood is Professor, Educational Administration and Head, Centre for Leadership Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

• Acknowledgments Preface 1. Introduction: Transforming Politics into EducationKenneth Leithwood 2. How Effective Superintendents Understand Their Own workEdward A. Holdaway and Anthony Genge 3. Chiefs and Chairs: Working Relationships between Effective CEOs and Board of Education ChairpersonsDerek J. Allison, Patricia A. Allison, and Helen A. McHenry 4. Prospects for Organizational Learning in Expertly Managed Group Problem SolvingKenneth Leithwood, Rosanne Steinbach, and Tiiu Raun 5. Superintendents' Management of State-Initiated Reform: A Matter of InterpretationFran Wills and Kent Peterson 6. Restructuring in Kentucky:The Changing Role of the Superintendent and the District OfficeJoseph Murphy 7. How a Few Politicians and Managers of Education Find Policy Success and Happiness: Part IRichard G. Townsend 8. Plucking Billiard Balls Out of Thin Air: How a Few Politicians and Managers of Education Hustle Policy: Part IIRichard G. Townsend 9. How CEOs Influence School System CultureDonald Musella 10. Educated Dissent: Implications of Policy Disagreement for Educational LeadershipMark Holmes 11. Toward Improving the Structures for School System LeadershipStephen B. Lawton, Joyce Scan, and Shihui Wang 12. Toward a More Comprehensive Appreciation of Effective School District LeadershipKenneth Leithwood Subject Index Name Index

Kenneth Leithwood is Professor, Educational Administration and Head, Centre for Leadership Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

• Acknowledgments Preface 1. Introduction: Transforming Politics into EducationKenneth Leithwood 2. How Effective Superintendents Understand Their Own workEdward A. Holdaway and Anthony Genge 3. Chiefs and Chairs: Working Relationships between Effective CEOs and Board of Education ChairpersonsDerek J. Allison, Patricia A. Allison, and Helen A. McHenry 4. Prospects for Organizational Learning in Expertly Managed Group Problem SolvingKenneth Leithwood, Rosanne Steinbach, and Tiiu Raun 5. Superintendents' Management of State-Initiated Reform: A Matter of InterpretationFran Wills and Kent Peterson 6. Restructuring in Kentucky:The Changing Role of the Superintendent and the District OfficeJoseph Murphy 7. How a Few Politicians and Managers of Education Find Policy Success and Happiness: Part IRichard G. Townsend 8. Plucking Billiard Balls Out of Thin Air: How a Few Politicians and Managers of Education Hustle Policy: Part IIRichard G. Townsend 9. How CEOs Influence School System CultureDonald Musella 10. Educated Dissent: Implications of Policy Disagreement for Educational LeadershipMark Holmes 11. Toward Improving the Structures for School System LeadershipStephen B. Lawton, Joyce Scan, and Shihui Wang 12. Toward a More Comprehensive Appreciation of Effective School District LeadershipKenneth Leithwood Subject Index Name Index