School Administration: Persistent Dilemmas in Preparation and Practice
- ISBN-10
- 0275952479
- ISBN-13
- 9780275952471
- Category
- Educational leadership
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Authors
- Stephen L. Jacobson, Robert B. Stevenson, Edward S. Hickcox
Description
A discussion of many of the dilemmas and problems facing school administrators. Topics include: conflicting beliefs regarding the fundamental purpose of school, administering racial and ethnic differences, and monetary incentives to reform teacher compensation. This contributed book uses the voices of academics around the world to explain these dilemmas. Possible solutions are also presented.
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