Educational Policy

"The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration presents the most recent theories, research, terms, concepts, ideas, and histories on educational leadership and school administration as taught in preparation programs and practiced in schools and colleges today."

"Key themes and topics include: biographies of reformers and dissenters theoretical and ideological perspectives; key programs and legislation; judicial verdicts impacting educational change in America; and more."

ch3ck availability
"Organized into seven sections, the Handbook focuses on (1) disciplinary foundations of educational policy, (2) methodological perspectives, (3) the policy process, (4) resources, management, and organization, (5) teaching and learning policy, (6) actors and institutions, and (7) education access and differentiation."

ch4ck availability
"In its second edition, this comprehensive handbook has been updated to capture recent developments in the politics of education, including Race to the Top and the Common Core State Standards, and to address the changing role politics play in shaping and influencing school policy and reform. Detailed discussions of key topics touch upon important themes in educational politics, helping leaders understand issues of innovation, teacher evaluation, tensions between state and federal lawmakers over new reforms and testing, and how to increase student achievement. Chapter authors also provide suggestions for improving the political behaviors of key educational groups and individuals with the hope that an understanding of political goals, governance processes, and policy outcomes may contribute to ongoing school reform."

check availability
"Handbook of Educational Data Mining (EDM) provides a thorough overview of the current state of knowledge in this area. The first part of the book includes nine surveys and tutorials on the principal data mining techniques that have been applied in education. The second part presents a set of 25 case studies that give a rich overview of the problems that EDM has addressed."

ch4ck availability
"The Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy traces the evolution of the field from its initial focus on school inputs and revenue sources used to finance these inputs, to a focus on educational outcomes and the larger policies used to achieve them. Chapters show how the current decision-making context in school finance inevitably interacts with those of governance, accountability, privatization, and other areas of education policy."

check availability
Section I: The Tradition in Educational Leadership: Where We Have Come From & Where We Are Going -- Section II: Understanding & Working Successfully with the Rich Racial & Ethnic Diversity within U.S. Schools -- Section III: Understanding & Working Successfully with the Rich Language, Cultural, Social Class, Ability, Gender, & Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Diversity in U.S. Schools -- Section IV: Research on Equitable & Excellent Schools: Lessons for Leadership Practice -- Section V: Critical Issues for Successful Schooling of All Students -- Section VI: Promoting the Preparation of Successful Leaders for Diverse, Equitable Schools

ch3ck availability
"Sponsored by the National Center on School Choice (NCSC), this handbook makes readily available the most rigorous and policy-relevant research on K-12 school choice. Coverage includes charters, vouchers, home schooling, magnet schools, cyber schools, and other forms of choice, with the ultimate goal of defining the current state of this evolving field of research, policy, and practice."

ch4ck availability
"The purpose of the Handbook of Special Education is to help profile and bring greater clarity to the already sprawling and continuously expanding field of special education...The second edition has been fully updated throughout to take into account recent changes to federal laws as well as the most current academic research, and an entirely new section has been added on research methods"

ch3ck availability
"With contributions from leading researchers, each Handbook presents an accurate, self-contained survey of the current state of the topic under examination. These surveys summarize the most recent discussions in journals, and elucidate new developments. Although original material is also included, the main aim of this series is the provision of comprehensive and accessible surveys."

"Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic."

pt. 1. Major themes in leadership for learning : an international perspective -- pt. 2. Theoretical & contextual frameworks for leadership for learning -- pt. 3. System & policy issues on leadership for learning -- pt. 4. Educating school leaders for leadership for learning -- pt. 5. Implementing leadership for learning : the role of the school leader -- pt. 6. Changing hearts & minds : building leadership for learning in current school leaders -- pt. 7. Spreading the task : including others in leadership for learning -- pt. 8. From people learning to organisational learning : building capacity -- pt. 9. Responding to diversity : different ways of moving towards leadershiop for learning -- pt. 10. Afterword : what have we learned?

check availability of print edition
pt. I: Multiple Lenses of Democratic Leadership -- pt. II: Management, Organization, & Law -- pt. III: Educational Politics & Policy: Creating Effective, Equitable, & Democratic Schools -- pt. IV: Theories of Leadership: Research Problems & Practices -- pt. V: Micropolitics of School Leadership

The updated handbook remains connected to the classical concerns of the field, such as educational innovation, reform, and change management, and also offers new insights into educational change that have been brought about by social change and shifting contexts of educational reform."

"Divided into two parts, the handbook first examines globalisation and education policy reforms, including coverage of main trends as well as specific policy issues such as gender, equity, minorities and human rights. Next, the handbook offers a comparative perspective that evaluates the ambivalent and problematic relationship between globalisation, the state and education reforms globally. It features coverage on curricula issues and education reforms in schools around the world as well as the curriculum in the global culture."