Sanzo (educational foundations and leadership, Old Dominion U.) et al. bring together education and educational leadership specialists from the US, who describe lessons learned from school leadership preparation programs funded by grants from the US Department of Education School Leadership Program from 2008-2010. They detail their experiences providing preparation for aspiring and current assistant principals and principals, and discuss the processes used to design and conduct program evaluation, strategies used in establishing a high impact and sustainable university-district partnership, the ongoing planning and changing of an innovative urban school leadership development and preparation program, recruitment and selection methods for participants, seven dimensions of principal leadership associated with student achievement, on-site mentoring and professional development, transforming principals into social entrepreneurs, coaching models, internships and inquiry-based coursework, and other programs. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)