Education - Leadership

Invest in excellence--for your students every day, your colleagues year after year, and yourself for a lifetime.Jimmy Casas, veteran educator and author of Culturize, believes that by cultivating a mindset that centers on investing in students, colleagues, and--most of all--themselves, educators can shift schools...

Step Into the Life You Were Made to LeadMade for This is a powerful reminder that leadership is not about a title-it's about how you choose to live.In this deeply inspiring memoir, DeAngela Burns-Wallace, EdD, shares a remarkable journey of purpose, discipline, and personal...

As a follow up to his phenomenal New York Times bestselling memoir, Highest Duty, Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger explores exactly what it takes to lead and inspire. In Making a Difference, one of the most captivating American heroes of this century--the courageous pilot...

Marine Maxims is a collection of fifty principle-based leadership lessons that Thomas J. Gordon acquired commanding Marines over a career spanning three decades of service. Dealing with the complexities and challenges of the contemporary operating environment requires an internal moral compass fixed true. These...

In law enforcement, individuals are often promoted to supervisory positions before receiving training to serve in those positions effectively. This has ended in catastrophic failure or the proverbial sink-or-swim situation for many first-line supervisors. These first-line leadership failures can have a high price tag...

This book is more than just a leadership handbook; it is a call to action that reminds us leadership is not about power or position-it is about people. Whether you're an experienced executive, a new manager, or someone striving to lead in any capacity,...

Mentorship isn't a title. It's a journey you walk, together.It's found in shared silence on a summit, the steady hand on a slippery slope, or the pause to ask a deeper questions. In a world rushing toward results, Mentorship in the Wild reminds us...

Our personal and professional lives are becoming increasingly intertwined with technology at a pace unprecedented in human history. This hyper-connected age offers tremendous conveniences and advantages; however, it also comes with significant side effects. Rapidly advancing technology is influencing us in ways we are...

Staring at the blank pages of a notebook resting on a table, you suspect more awaits. Looking at an empty drinking glass sitting on the dinner table next to an empty plate strategically placed with forks, knives, and spoons, you understand more awaits. Peering...

Transform your school's reading outcomes through systematic implementation of the science of reading within a multitiered system of supports framework. This comprehensive guide provides over 50 practical tools that help leaders engineer robust support systems across all tiers. Move beyond individual interventions to create...

A visionary overview of the political role of publicly elected school boards and a proactive take on the work they can accomplish toward social justice In Navigating School Board Politics, Carrie R. Sampson examines the political power of the US education system's publicly elected...

In Navigating the Principalship, James P. Spillane and Rebecca Lowenhaupt look at the major challenges of the principal position, examining how new principals adapt to the role, set an instructional agenda, and build cooperation and collaboration. They focus in particular on the dilemmas that...

Daily observation of classroom teaching can significantly impact the quality of teaching and learning. Organized into 21 chapters designed to be read over a period of 21 school days, Now We're Talking! presents a results-driven approach that far surpasses traditional walkthrough models of feedback...

Break the cycle of surface-level change and failureHow do leaders become clearer as complexity increases? We live in a world where decisions require judgment, getting people on board, drawing on local knowledge, ingenuity, and commitment. As leaders, how do you get beneath surface-level change...

The first book in a planned series, Parents and Schools in Partnership responds to the growing call for partnership-based involvement in schools as a means to enhance student academic achievement. In today's rapidly evolving educational landscape, schools can no longer operate in isolation but...

In this "timely and critically important book" (Eddie S. Glaude Jr.), a former college president and bestselling author offers leadership lessons for today's troubled campuses Higher education is under assault from all sides. Scandals, protests, and dramatic resignations dominate the news cycle, and the...

There are three critical characteristics to know about poverty and education: The devastating effects of poverty are accelerating. Poverty affects both you and your students in multiple adverse ways. You have the power to reverse the academic impact poverty has on your students, and...

Building a professional learning community (PLC) is not a journey taken alone. That's where the guiding coalition comes in. With clear, practical guidance, this resource examines every aspect of how to create, develop, and sustain this essential leadership team. Each chapter includes next steps,...

The Brain that Does the Work is the Brain that Learns.    In many classrooms, the teacher's role is to talk and the student's role is to listen. Whose brain is doing most of the work in this scenario? Authors Michael D. Toth and...

Coauthor and editor Jeanne A. Schopf brings together leading literacy experts to address one of secondary education's most significant gaps: teaching adolescents to read. Grounded in literacy research and implementation science, this book guides middle and high school educators through systems, leadership, MTSS, and...