<p><b><i>The most comprehensive handbook for the superintendency!</i></b></p><p>Written for urban, rural, and suburban superintendents, this practitioner-friendly book helps district leaders improve their effectiveness, learn from best practices, and fully understand current education mandates. The authors draw on five years of research on 100 members of the National Superintendents Roundtable, focusing on: </p><ul><li>Public engagement in this new economic environment</li><li>Models of public leadership amidst change</li><li>Issues of race and class in schools</li><li>The changing nature of work</li><li>Schools of the future</li><li>Teacher quality and value-added assessment</li><li>Essential elements of successful reform</li></ul>