William A. Owings

Organizational Behavior for School Leadership

Leveraging Your School for Success

Organizational Behavior for School Leadership provides a theoretical and practical framework to help emerging leaders build the mental models they nee...

Culture Re-Boot

Reinvigorating School Culture to Improve Student Outcomes

Your start up menu for super-charged culture change School culture is the invisible thread woven throughout your school that defines everything from d...

Introduction to the Principalship

Theory to Practice

The second edition of this textbook from respected author team Kaplan and Owings explores how principals can effectively build a culture around studen...

Teacher Quality, Teaching Quality, and School Improvement

A guide for school administrators in identifying, hiring and supporting high quality teachers....

American Education

Building a Common Foundation, International Edition

With a focus on the future of American education--and the goals and nature of teaching in a global economy--this forward-thinking text provides you wi...

American Public School Finance

Designed for aspiring school leaders, this text presents the realities of school finance policy and issues, as well as the tools for formulating and m...

Leadership and Organizational Behavior in Education

Theory Into Practice

Leadership and Organizational Behavior: Theory into Practice is an ideal resource for aspiring school leaders who wish to innovate, educate, and make ...

Foundations of Education

Now published by SAGE! A modern and comprehensive introduction to the field, Foundations of Education makes core topics in education accessible and pe...

Critical Resource Theory

A Conceptual Lens for Identifying, Diagnosing, and Addressing Inequities in School Funding

Critical Resource Theory (CReT) offers an innovative critical perspective on education funding. This new conceptual lens enables school leaders and po...

Equity Audits and School Resource Allocation

Applying Critical Resource Theory to Increase Equal Opportunity in Schools

Equity Audits and School Resource Allocation explores how to apply Critical Resource Theory (CReT) to conduct school equity audits, ultimately prepari...

Alternatives to Retention and Social Promotion

Discusses aternate methods of educating under achieving students besides retention and social promotion....

Enhancing Teaching Quality

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