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School Reform Is A Top Priority For Governments Today. This Timely And Challenging Book, Edited By Leading International Researchers, Kathryn Riley And Karen Seashore Louis, Offers A Rich Comparative Perspective On Leadership For Change And School Reform. Contributors Form North America, Europe And Australia Demonstrate How School Leadership Is Influenced By Global Pressures, Differing National And State Contexts And Local Concerns. They Illustrate The Limitations Of Reform Initiatives Which Focus On School Leaders Tot He Exclusion Of The Many Other Organisations Which Affect School, Such As National And Local Governments, Professional Associations And School Communities. This Book Raises Some Important Questions Such As: *how Can School Leaders Create Intelligent, Thinking Schools? *how Can Leadership And Learning Be Linked Together? *what Are The Characteristics Of Effective Local Education Authorities And School Districts? *what Is The Role Of Teacher Organisations In Educational Reform And Change? *what Happens If Businesses, Teachers, Parents And Local Communities Have Different Views Of What Makes A Good School? The Text Illustrates The Ways In Which Leadership Is Rooted In Learning, And Identifies New Directions For School Leadership. It Challenges Conventional Notions Of Leadership, Offering An Expanded View, Which Sees Leadership Just As An Individual Role-based Function, But As A Network Of Relationships Among People, Structures And Cultures. This Lively And Provocative Book Should Be Read By All Those Interested In Education Reform. Cover -- Leadership For Change And School Reform: International Perspectives -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables And Figures -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Relational Leadership For Change -- Part L Perspectives On Leadership: Leadership And Change Within Schools -- 2 Four Dilemmas, Three Heresies And A Matrix -- 3 Learning Through Leadership, Leadership Through Learning: Leadership For Sustained School Improvement -- 4 The Effects Of Different Sources Of Leadership On Student Engagement In School -- 5 Leadership In The Creation Of World -class Schools -- 6 Global And National Perspectives On Leadership -- Part 2 The Capacity Of Local Systems To Respond To Educational Reform And Change And Rethink Their Local Leadership Role -- 7 Caught Between Local Education Authorities: Making A Difference Through Their Leadership? -- 8 Local Leadership: Policy Implementation, Local Education Authorities And Schools -- Part 3 The Leadership Stage: New Actors, New Roles -- 9 Bringing Teacher Organisations Back Into The Frame -- 10 The Role Of Unions As Leaders For School Change: An Analysis Of The 'keys' Programme In Two Us States -- 11 Creating A School Culture From The Ground Up: The Case Of Celebration School -- Part 4 Summary Thoughts -- 12 Leading Towards Improvement -- Index.