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Suggested Books for Educational Leadership and Administration

Emotion Management and Feelings in Teaching and Educational Leadership by Izhar Oplatka (Editor); Khalid Arar (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9781787560109
Publication Date: 2019
"Past research has identified a wide variety of emotions and emotional engagements among school leaders and teachers including passion, excitement and satisfaction. However, the literature often centers on negative emotions of school leaders, such as fear of failure, anxiety and disillusionment with the system." This book breaks the pattern and brings in non-Western perspectives to inform studies and practices.
Educational leadership, culture, and success in high-need schools by E. Murakami, D. Gurr, & R. Notman (Editors)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9781641135030
Publication Date: 2019
"The exploration of the intersection of leadership practices from the school principal and other educators, the school culture, and the school success across different high-need contexts and cultures make this volume unique. Chapters ... present original investigations or reanalysis of empirical research enhancing our understanding of the interrelationship between leadership, culture and success through descriptions of practice that can contribute to lessons in leadership for school improvement."
Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy by Sarah Diem; Anjalé D. Welton
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9780429487224
Publication Date: 2020-05-26
This book "helps educational leaders better comprehend the racial implications and challenges of the current educational policy landscape. Each chapter unpacks a policy issue such as school choice, school closures, standardized testing, discipline, and school funding, and analyzes it through the racialized and market-driven lenses of the current leadership context."
Critical perspectives on education policy and schools, families and communities by Sue Winton (Editor) and GIlliam Parekh (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9781641138819
Publication Date: 2020
This title "offers scholars, students, and practitioners important new knowledge about how current policies impact families, schools, and community partnerships. The authors share a critical orientation towards policy and policy research and invite readers to think differently about what policy is, who policymakers are, and what policy can achieve. Their chapters discuss findings from research grounded in diverse theories, including institutional ethnography, critical disability theory, and critical race theory."
School finance and business management: Optimizing fiscal, facility, and human resources by Craig A. Schilling and Daniel R. Tomal
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9781475844030
Publication Date: 2019
"This nationally recognized school finance expert has teamed up with a CHOICE award winning author to write a comprehensive book on managing school financial resources to increase student performance" This is the 2nd edition of this title.
Design Thinking for School Leaders by Alyssa Gallagher; Kami Thordarson
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9781416625964
Publication Date: 2018
"Design Thinking for School Leaders explores the changing landscape of leadership and offers practical ways to reframe the role of school leader using Design Thinking, one step at a time. Leaders can shift from "accidental designers" to "design-inspired leaders," acting with greater intention and achieving greater impact." Written by two recognized experts in this approach to school leadership and management.
Complementary research methods for educational leadership and policy studies by Chad R. Lochmiller
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9783319935393
Publication Date: 2018
"This edited volume brings together leading scholars from the fields of educational leadership and policy studies to discuss qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods in an accessible and pedagogically well-designed volume. Authors discuss ways in which various research methodologies and methods can productively be brought together to expand our current understanding of leadership issues and the contemporary policy context that surrounds them." Includes practical applications and suggestions for more reading.
Information, Incentives, and Education Policy by Derek A. Neal
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9780674984868
Publication Date: 2018
"How do we ensure that waste and inefficiency do not undermine the mission of publicly funded schools? Derek Neal writes that economists must analyze education policy in the same way they analyze other procurement problems.... Examining a range of policy agendas, from assessment-based accountability and centralized school assignments to charter schools and voucher systems, Neal demonstrates where these programs have been successful, where they have failed, and why" from an economic perspective.

Suggested Books-Education Law

American law yearbook 2020: A guide to the year's major legal cases and developments by Michael J. Tyrkus (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9780028677422
Publication Date: 2020
"Annual supplement to the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law that updates and expands the content with new topics, updates, biographies of prominent figures and government appointees, and other features. Each year's edition contains the full U.S. Supreme Court docket in addition to the non-Supreme Court cases."
The science and law of school segregation and diversity by Roger J. R. Levesque (Author)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9780190633653
Publication Date: 2017
"This work examines the sources of the disconnect between scientific findings on school segregation and how the U.S. legal system addresses it; evaluates these sources' empirical and legal foundations; explains why they persist; and reveals what can be done about them."
A federal right to education: Fundamental questions for our democracy by Kimberly J. Robinson (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9781479872770
Publication Date: 2019
Chapters include: "The justifications for a stronger federal response to address educational inequalities," "The inadequate right to education: A case study of obstacles to state protection," "Doctrine, politics, and the limits of a federal right to education," "Latina/os and a federal right to education," "Implying a federal constitutional right to education," "Education for sovereign people," and more.
The Essentials by Pamela Brillante and National Association for the Education of Young Children
Call Number: Main Collection LC4019.3 .B75 2017
ISBN: 9781938113291
Publication Date: 2017
"Educators looking for a simple, straightforward introduction to the core concepts of teaching and supporting children with disabilities alongside their peers will want to have this resource at their fingertips." Primary subject: Early childhood special education law and legislation--United States
Your Classroom Guide to Special Education Law by Beverley H. Johns
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9781681250267
Publication Date: 2016
""When you're teaching students who have special needs, what are your legal responsibilities? How can you provide appropriate, legally compliant special education services--and avoid pitfalls that could lead to due process hearings and court dates? Turn to this interactive quick guide for concise, accessible answers."-From Publisher