Leadership for School Improvement Equity & Access

This book provides an in-depth historical analysis of educational leadership and policy globally. It examines how leadership preparation, practices and policies impact stakeholders, including educators and students. The book explores the positive and negative implications of trends in leadership preparation, practices and policies. This book is significant in that it offers an in-depth historical analysis of educational leadership and educational policy in the United States and around the globe. The book focuses on how leadership preparation and practices as well as policy and procedures have affected and continues to effect all stakeholders including school leaders, teachers, and students. The aim of the book is to examine both the positive and negative implications (nationally and internationally) of: (1) trends in educational leadership preparation; (2) trends in educational leadership practices; (3) educational policy; and (4) the procedures and the intended/unintended consequences associated with such policies.