Books in the Studies in Educational Leadership series

This book explores the latest trends in school leadership from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Each chapter provides insight into an aspect of current research, with detailed case studies coming from as far afield as Hong Kong and Canada.

This pioneering account of a longitudinal study of successful school principals in five nations over five years will be required reading for educationalists. It contains fresh insights that take our understanding of effective school leadership to a new level.

This unique collation of material on data-driven decisions made in schools includes contributions from several countries to provide an informed perspective on effective policy and practice, and includes analysis of the interplay between the two.

This book provides a unique map of the focus and directions of contemporary research on school leadership since 2000 in 24 countries.

It invites the reader to engage with two related questions of contemporary concern in the leadership field: "What can we learn about the important influence of different contexts on leadership practice and how are people brought together as collective human agents in different patterns of distributive leadership?"

While considerable evidence indicates that school leaders are able to make important contributions to the success of their students, much less is known about how such contributions are made.