BRUCE ANTHONY JONES is Associate Professor and Director of the University of Missouri-Columbia Educational Policy Center, Columbia, Missouri.

• Foreword by C. Kent McGuire Educational Organizations: Evolving Thinking and Configurations Contests Over Governance of Educational Policy: Prospects for the New Century by James G.Cibulka Privatization of Education: Marketplace Models by Martha Mc Carthy Transactionn Costs and the Structure of Interagency Collaboratives: Bridging Theory and Practice by Patrick Galvin and Janice Fauske Students: The Bottom Line From Policy to Performance: Weaving Policy and Leadership Strategies to Improve Student Achievement by Carolyn Kelley Education and Changing Demographics by Betty Merchant The Power of the Political: Beyond Professionalism in Integrating Programs for Children by Carolyn D. Herrington School Reform: National and Local Dynamic National Standards in Local Context: A Philosophical Analysis by Barry Bull School Change Business and the Private Push by Bruce Anthony Jones and Susan Otterbourg Key Dilemma The Future of Education Finance in Improving Public Education by James G. Ward The School Leadership Shortage: Framework for Policy Discussion by Bruce Anthony Jones Author Index Subject Index

BRUCE ANTHONY JONES is Associate Professor and Director of the University of Missouri-Columbia Educational Policy Center, Columbia, Missouri.

• Foreword by C. Kent McGuire Educational Organizations: Evolving Thinking and Configurations Contests Over Governance of Educational Policy: Prospects for the New Century by James G.Cibulka Privatization of Education: Marketplace Models by Martha Mc Carthy Transactionn Costs and the Structure of Interagency Collaboratives: Bridging Theory and Practice by Patrick Galvin and Janice Fauske Students: The Bottom Line From Policy to Performance: Weaving Policy and Leadership Strategies to Improve Student Achievement by Carolyn Kelley Education and Changing Demographics by Betty Merchant The Power of the Political: Beyond Professionalism in Integrating Programs for Children by Carolyn D. Herrington School Reform: National and Local Dynamic National Standards in Local Context: A Philosophical Analysis by Barry Bull School Change Business and the Private Push by Bruce Anthony Jones and Susan Otterbourg Key Dilemma The Future of Education Finance in Improving Public Education by James G. Ward The School Leadership Shortage: Framework for Policy Discussion by Bruce Anthony Jones Author Index Subject Index

BRUCE ANTHONY JONES is Associate Professor and Director of the University of Missouri-Columbia Educational Policy Center, Columbia, Missouri.

• Foreword by C. Kent McGuire Educational Organizations: Evolving Thinking and Configurations Contests Over Governance of Educational Policy: Prospects for the New Century by James G.Cibulka Privatization of Education: Marketplace Models by Martha Mc Carthy Transactionn Costs and the Structure of Interagency Collaboratives: Bridging Theory and Practice by Patrick Galvin and Janice Fauske Students: The Bottom Line From Policy to Performance: Weaving Policy and Leadership Strategies to Improve Student Achievement by Carolyn Kelley Education and Changing Demographics by Betty Merchant The Power of the Political: Beyond Professionalism in Integrating Programs for Children by Carolyn D. Herrington School Reform: National and Local Dynamic National Standards in Local Context: A Philosophical Analysis by Barry Bull School Change Business and the Private Push by Bruce Anthony Jones and Susan Otterbourg Key Dilemma The Future of Education Finance in Improving Public Education by James G. Ward The School Leadership Shortage: Framework for Policy Discussion by Bruce Anthony Jones Author Index Subject Index