Keeping the promise : essays on leadership, democracy, and education / edited by Dennis Carlson and C.P. Gause.

Other author Carlson, Dennis.
Other author Gause, C. P.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Peter Lang, ©2007.
Descriptionxvii, 416 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesCounterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education ; v. 305
Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ^A377111
Contents Are we making progress?: the discursive construction of progress in the age of "no child left behind" / Dennis Carlson -- Schooling, markets, race, and an audit culture / Michael W. Apple -- Leadership, culture, and democracy: rethinking systems and conflict in schools / Richard Quantz -- Some historical tensions about sexuality and gender in schools / Jackie M. Blount -- Excavating hope among the ruins: confronting creeping fascism in our midst / Valerie Scatamburlo-D'Annibale, Juha Suoranta, and Peter McLaren -- Sissies, faggots, lezzies and dykes: gender, sexual orientation and a new politics of education? / Catherine Lugg -- Re-radicalizing the consciousness in educational leadership: the critically spiritual imperative towards keeping the promise / Michael Dantley -- Student engagement and academic achievement: a promising connection / Joanne Chesley -- "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?": facing identity politics and resistance when teaching for social justice / Camille Cooper and C. P. Gause -- Beyond generic democracy: holding our students accountable for democratic leadership and practice / C.P. Gause, Rick Reitzug, and Leila E. Villaverde -- Margaret Haley as diva: a case study of a feminist citizen-leader / Kathleen Knight Abowitz and Kate Rousmaniere -- Unpacking on a long journey home: a lesson on race, identity, and culture / Rochelle Garner -- "Making her community a better place to live": lessons from history for culturally responsive urban school leadership / Lauri Johnson -- The promise and limits of small school reform: institutional agency and democratic leadership in public education / Lori Chajet -- Resisting the passive revolution: democratic, participatory research by youth / Michelle Fine -- Media literacy: an entrée for preservice teachers into critical pedagogy? / Stephanie A. Flores-Koulish -- Leadership-with: a spiritual perspective and a revolutionary response to school leadership online / Glenn Hudak -- Halls of anger: the (mis)representation of African American principals in film / Linda C. Tillman -- Critically examining popular culture representations of educators / James Trier.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006023355
ISBN0820481998 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780820481999 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0820497290 (hbk.)
ISBN9780820497297 (hbk.)

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