Handbook of Leadership and Administration for Special Education

I. The Context and Development of Leadership for Special Education Section I Introduction 1. Leadership for Student Performance in an Era of Accountability Martha L. Thurlow, Rachel F. Quenemoen, and Sheryl S. Lazarus 2. Conceptual and Historical Foundations of Special Education Administration Barbara Pazey and James R. Yates 3. Expanding the Leadership Framework: An Alternate View of Professional Standards Mary Lynn Boscardin and Carl Lashley 4. Developing Educational Leaders for the Realities of Special Education in the 21st Century Jean B. Crockett II. Leadership, Policy and School Reform Section II Introduction 5. Special Education Law for Leaders and Administrators of Special Education Mitchell L. Yell, Susan S. Thomas, and Antonis Katsiyannis 6. Financing Education for Children with Special Needs Preston Green, Bruce Baker, and Matthew J. Ramsey 7. Special Education and School Choice: A Special Leadership Challenge Julie Mead and Preston Green 8. Disability, Difference, and Justice: Strong Democratic Leadership for Undemocratic Times Thomas Skrtic III. Collaborative Leadership for Special Education in Multicultural Contexts Section III Introduction 9. System-wide Leadership for Culturally-Responsive Education Elizabeth Kosleski and Jennifer J. Huber 10. Inclusive School Reform: Distributed Leadership across the Change Process Bonnie Billingsley 11. Collaborative Decision-Making in Multicultural Contexts John Hoover, Amy Eppolito, Janette Klingner, and Leonard Baca 12. Leadership and Collaboration in Home-School Partnerships Beth Harry 13. Building Trust and Responding to Conflict in Special Education Barbara J. Lake and Art Stewart IV: Instructional Leadership and the Evaluation of Educational Outcomes Section IV Introduction 14. Leading to Improve Teacher Effectiveness: Implications for Practice, Reform, Research, and Policy Donald Deshler and Jake Cornett 15. Teacher Quality and Effectiveness in an Era of Accountability: Challenges and Solutions in Special Education? Mary Brownell, Bonnie S. Billingsley, James McLeskey, and Paul Sindelar 16. Leadership and Instruction: Evidence-based Practices in Special Education Bryan G. Cook and Garnett J. Smith 17. School Leadership and School-wide Positive Behavior Support George Sugai, Breda V. O'Keeffe, Robert H. Horner, and Timothy J. Lewis 18. Responsive Instructional Leadership for Early Intervention Patricia Snyder, Crystal D. Crowe, and Robert Crow 19. Leadership for Transition to Postsecondary Settings David W. Test, Valerie L. Mazzotti, and April L. Mustian V: Challenges for Educational Leaders Section V Introduction 20. Challenges for Leaders in the Not-so-New Era of Standards Margaret J. McLaughlin, Amy F. Smith, and Tracy G. Wilkinson