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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782704703321

Autore

Anderson Gary L. <1948->

Titolo

Advocacy leadership [[electronic resource] ] : toward a post-reform agenda in education / / Gary L. Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-84779-7

1-282-01653-9

9786612016530

0-203-88061-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

The critical social thought series

Disciplina

371.200973

371.2011

Soggetti

School management and organization - Social aspects - United States

Educational leadership - United States

Critical pedagogy - United States

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 (p. 193-205) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor Introduction; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 School Reform, Authenticity, and Advocacy; 2 Authentic Leadership; 3 The New Economy of Schooling; 4 Disciplining Leaders; 5 Toward an Authentic Distribution of Leadership; 6 Toward a Post-Reform Agenda; Appendix A; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this timely and important new book, Gary Anderson provides a devastating critique of why a managerial role for educational leaders is counterproductive, especially for improving opportunities for low-income students and students of color, and instead proposes ways of re-theorizing educational leadership to emphasize its advocacy role. Advocacy Leadership lays out a post-reform agenda that moves beyond the neo-liberal, competition framework to define a new accountability, a new pedagogy, and a new leadership role definition. Drawing on personal narrative, discourse analy