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Confidence in public education has declined over the last few decades with the accumulated effect of increased centralized authoritarian control of the education system by governments. This trend of increased government control appears to run counter to the existing empirical evidence that highlights the importance of collaborative leadership that is facilitative of organizational learning as a means of bringing about successful change and improved student learning. Unfortunately, the literature related to collaborative leadership has suffered from a lack of specificity that is needed to guide the actual practices of district superintendents who are responsible for the administration and leadership of very complex organizations that for the most part continue to be bureaucratic hierarchies. It was with the objective of contributing to the needed evidence that we engaged in our district study and have written this book.
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Sheppard, B., Brown, J., Dibbon, D. (2009). Where Theory Meets Practice. In: School District Leadership Matters. Studies In Educational Leadership, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9747-8_1
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