Description: "This book will demonstrate that when leaders pose previously unnamed problems, and find ways to bring together working groups of students, principals, central office administrators, school faculties, parents, and/or members of the community for joint inquiry, it is more likely that new, effective solutions can be found through participatory processes of rethinking educational practices, categories, policies, and expectations. The argument is that when school, district, and other educational leaders position themselves as inquirers, their leadership can illuminate and improve many aspects of institutional life and create intellectually demanding and rich learning environments - for both adults and children"--
Review Quotes:
"Repositioning Educational Leadership: Practitioners Leading from An Inquiry Stance is a timely addition to the leadership literature. It introduces a welcome disruption by constructively challenging the positionality of the leader. Through accounts of different leadership roles, the book builds a solid case for how inquiry fits into varied leadership functions."
-- "Teachers College Record"