Karen Edge is a Reader in Educational Leadership at the IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. She was Principal Investigator of the ESRC-funded Global City School Leaders Project examining Generation X leaders’ careers and aspirations in London, New York and Toronto.

• IntroductionPART I: Global Cities and Urban Educational Leaders and Leadership1. Global Cities, Urban Education, Shifting Patterns of Educational Leadership2. Generations at Work and the New Generation of Leaders3. The Global City School Leaders StudyPART II: Leadership, Policy and Practice in Three Global Cities4. London5. New York City6. Toronto7. The Lives, Experiences and Aspirations of Global City School LeadersPART III: Exploring How Systems, Structures and Policies Influence the New Generation of Leaders8. Decentralization and the Strength of the Middle Tier9. School Autonomy and the Locus of Hiring10. Accountability Infrastructure and the Influence on Schools11. Marketization of Educational Support, Intervention and Expanding Educational Actors12. Ambition and Support for School-level Success13. The Local, Regional and National Social Policy Landscape and the Support for Adults in the Education SystemConclusionsReferencesIndex

Karen Edge is a Reader in Educational Leadership at the IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. She was Principal Investigator of the ESRC-funded Global City School Leaders Project examining Generation X leaders’ careers and aspirations in London, New York and Toronto.

• IntroductionPART I: Global Cities and Urban Educational Leaders and Leadership1. Global Cities, Urban Education, Shifting Patterns of Educational Leadership2. Generations at Work and the New Generation of Leaders3. The Global City School Leaders StudyPART II: Leadership, Policy and Practice in Three Global Cities4. London5. New York City6. Toronto7. The Lives, Experiences and Aspirations of Global City School LeadersPART III: Exploring How Systems, Structures and Policies Influence the New Generation of Leaders8. Decentralization and the Strength of the Middle Tier9. School Autonomy and the Locus of Hiring10. Accountability Infrastructure and the Influence on Schools11. Marketization of Educational Support, Intervention and Expanding Educational Actors12. Ambition and Support for School-level Success13. The Local, Regional and National Social Policy Landscape and the Support for Adults in the Education SystemConclusionsReferencesIndex

Karen Edge is a Reader in Educational Leadership at the IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. She was Principal Investigator of the ESRC-funded Global City School Leaders Project examining Generation X leaders’ careers and aspirations in London, New York and Toronto.

• IntroductionPART I: Global Cities and Urban Educational Leaders and Leadership1. Global Cities, Urban Education, Shifting Patterns of Educational Leadership2. Generations at Work and the New Generation of Leaders3. The Global City School Leaders StudyPART II: Leadership, Policy and Practice in Three Global Cities4. London5. New York City6. Toronto7. The Lives, Experiences and Aspirations of Global City School LeadersPART III: Exploring How Systems, Structures and Policies Influence the New Generation of Leaders8. Decentralization and the Strength of the Middle Tier9. School Autonomy and the Locus of Hiring10. Accountability Infrastructure and the Influence on Schools11. Marketization of Educational Support, Intervention and Expanding Educational Actors12. Ambition and Support for School-level Success13. The Local, Regional and National Social Policy Landscape and the Support for Adults in the Education SystemConclusionsReferencesIndex