1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459151003321

Autore

Duke Daniel Linden

Titolo

The challenges of school district leadership / / Daniel L. Duke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-98941-2

1-136-98942-0

1-282-58675-0

9786612586750

0-203-85427-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

379.1/535

Soggetti

School districts

School boards

School superintendents

Educational leadership

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE CHALLENGE OF COMPETING PRIORITIES; 2 THE CHALLENGES OF CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS; 3 THE CHALLENGES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE; 4 THE CHALLENGES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION; 5 THE CHALLENGES OF ACCOUNTABILITY; 6 THE CHALLENGES OF INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT; 7 THE CHALLENGES OF SCHOOL SAFETY; 8 THE CHALLENGES OF STAFFING SCHOOLS; 9 THE CHALLENGES OF CHANGE; 10 THE CHALLENGES OF LEADING AND LEADERSHIP; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the rising interest in school districts, there are relatively few comprehensive resources available for graduate students in educational leadership programs. The Challenges of School District Leadership takes the position that the best way to prepare the next generation of school district leaders is to make certain that they are prepared to address the unending challenges that characterize public education



today. Drawing on the latest research as well as actual examples, the book spotlights ten of the perennial challenges facing superintendents and school boards. Among the challenges d

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910706553003321

Autore

Cloud Preston <1912-1991, >

Titolo

Environment of calcium carbonate deposition west of Andros Island, Bahamas / / by Preston E. Cloud, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1962

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 138 pages, 10 unnumbered plates) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 350

Soggetti

Calcium carbonate - Bahamas - Great Bahama Bank

Marine sediments - Bahamas - Great Bahama Bank

Sedimentation and deposition

Limestone

Calcium carbonate

Marine sediments

Bahamas Great Bahama Bank

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed September 30, 2014).

"With sections on Mechanical characteristics of the sediments, by Paul D. Blackmon; Microbiology and biochemistry of sediments and overlaying water, by Frederick D. Sisler; Chemical analysis of the water, by Henry Kramer; The problem of calcium determination in sea water, by James H. Carpenter; Experimental consolidation of calcium carbonate sediment, by Eugene C. Robertson, Lynn R. Sykes and Marcia Newell.

"A study of the sediments, waters, general ecology, precipitation mechanisms, and early diagenesis in an environment considered comparable to those in which some ancient aphanitic and pelletal limestone originated."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-132) and index.