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Guidance for ever-changing challenges, success through improved effectiveness

Equip yourself to face the demands of a superintendent with this practical guide for new and veteran district leaders. Understanding leadership and budgets is only one piece of a pie that has grown to include privatization, performance-based teacher compensation, technology, and global comparisons like PISA. Based on research with 300 superintendents, this new edition is your touchstone for

practical advice on how to:

• Survive on the job


• Bargain like a pro


• Work with your school board


• Tackle the achievement gap


• Explain to the public what's right with American schools