Educational Reform, Standards, and School
Leadership
Louis Volante
Education reform is not a new phenomenon. Every society, from the early classical
periodtothecurrentmodernera,
hasdebatedtheimportanceofdifferenttypesofcontentsandexperiencesthatleadtoaned
ucatedandwell-adjustedchild. Itisi...
Series Editor
Kenneth A. Leithwood, OISE, University of Toronto, Canada
Editorial Board
Christopher Day, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Stephen L. Jacobson, Graduate School of Education, Buffalo, U.S.A.
Bill Mulford, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Peter Sleegers, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
SCOPE OF THE SERIES
Leadership we know makes all the difference in success or failures of organizations.
This series will bring together in a highly readable way the most recent insights in
successful leadership. Emphasis will be placed on research focused on pre-
collegiate educational organizations. Volumes should address issues related to
leadership at all levels of the educational system and be written in a style accessible
to scholars, educational practitioners and policy makers throughout the world.
The volumes – monographs and edited volumes – should represent work from
different parts in the world.
For further volumes:
http://www.springer.com/series/6543
,Louis Volante
Editor
School Leadership in the
Context of Standards-Based
Reform
International Perspectives
Part of the research for this book was supported by the Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada ( SSHRC ).
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, Louis Volante
Faculty of Education
Brock University
Hamilton, ON
Canada
ISBN 978-94-007-4094-5 ISBN 978-94-007-4095-2 ( eBook )
DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-4095-2
Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London NewYork
Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media ( www.springer.com )
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