The educational leadership challenge : redefining leadership for the 21st century / edited by Joseph Murphy.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Section one: Building the foundation for understanding and action. Understanding the evolving concept of leadership in education : roles, expectations, and dilemmas / Ellen Goldring and William Greenfield -- Section two: Understanding the challenges of school and district leadership at the dawn of a new century. Contextual terrain facing educational leaders / Catherine A. Lugg ... [and others] -- Unpacking the challenges of leadership at the school and district level / Kenneth Leithwood and Nona Prestine -- Section three: Reculturing the profession. Reculturing the profession of educational leadership : new blueprints / Joseph Murphy -- School improvement processes and practices : professional learning for building instructional capacity / James P. Spillane and Karen Seashore Louis -- Leadership for democratic community in schools / Gail C. Furman and Robert J. Starratt -- Leadership for social justice / Colleen L. Larson and Khaula Murtadha -- Section four: Reshaping leadership in action. Building leadership into the roles of teachers / Mark A. Smylie, Sharon Conley, and Helen Marks -- Reshaping the role of the school principal / Gary M. Crow, Charles S. Hausman, and Jay Paredes Scribner -- Shifts in the discourse defining the superintendency : historical and current foundations of the position / C. Cryss Brunner, Margaret Grogan, and Lars Björk -- Repositioning lay leadership : policymaking and democratic deliberation / Sharon F. Rallis, Mark R. Shibles, and Austin Swanson -- Section five: Recasting the development of school leaders. Preparing school leaders for school improvement, social justice, and community / Dianna Pounder, Ulrich Reitzug, and Michelle Young -- Rethinking the professional development of school leaders / Frances K. Kochan, Paul Bredeson, and Carolyn Riehl.