Description: Shares perspectives from twelve successful women school superintendents.
Brief description: C. Cryss Brunner is Assistant Professor of Educational Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the editor of Sacred Dreams: Women and the Superintendency, also published by SUNY Press.
Review Quotes:
"The application of Carlos Castaneda's notions is novel and refreshing. Brunner uses metaphors to highlight sensitive areas of school administration. For example, the use of 'knowing the battleground' to demonstrate how educational administration is experienced by women downplays explanations lodged in politics while it provides insights into how relationships guide action." -- Flora Ida Ortiz, author of Schoolhousing: Planning and Designing Educational Facilities
"Practitioners will appreciate the inspiring tone and the pervasive messages that quality school leadership skills can be acquired, that problems typically confronting women administrators can be understood and remedied." -- Jackie M. Blount, author of Destined to Rule the Schools: Women and the Superintendency, 1873-1995