Below I’ll give you my selections for the best Education Leadership books by a few categories. I will cover these and other great books more in depth later.
- Leadership Case Studies in Education (2018)
- Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students, and Parents Love (Hack Learning Series) (Volume 5) (2016)
- Culturally Responsive School Leadership (Race and Education) (2018)
- Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education (2016)
- Data-Driven Leadership (Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education) (2014)
- Transformative Leadership in Education (2017)
- The Phases of Learning (2013)
- Special Education Leadership: Building Effective Programming in Schools (2019)
- Ready or Not: Early Care and Education’s Leadership Choices―12 Years Later (Early Childhood Education Series) (2019)
- Christian Education Leadership: Making Disciples in the 21st Century Church (2012)
- Leadership in Education: Organizational Theory for the Practitioner, Second Edition (2013)
- Introduction to Quality and Safety Education for Nurses: Core Competencies for Nursing Leadership and Management (2018)
Leadership Case Studies in Education (2018)
Engaging, practical, and relevant, Leadership Case Studies in Education, Second Edition by Peter G. Northouse and Marie Lee applies leadership theories in educational settings. Designed to be used alongside Leadership: Theory and Practice, Eighth Edition, this casebook provides relevant, substantive, and contemporary case studies on leadership issues in Higher Education and K-12 Education.
Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students, and Parents Love (Hack Learning Series) (Volume 5) (2016)
When school leaders join teachers, students, and parents in a collaborative effort to improve teaching and learning, achievement soars and schools turn into vibrant communities, filled with enthusiastic members. With constant emphasis on higher test scores and teacher accountability, it’s easy for schools to become places filled with stress and despair, making teachers dread going to work and students disdain lessons and activities.
Culturally Responsive School Leadership (Race and Education) (2018)
Culturally Responsive School Leadership focuses on how school leaders can effectively serve minoritized students—those who have been historically marginalized in school and society. The book demonstrates how leaders can engage students, parents, teachers, and communities in ways that positively impact learning by honoring indigenous heritages and local cultural practices. Muhammad Khalifa explores three basic premises.
Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education (2016)
The fourth edition of the best-selling text, Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education, continues to address the increasing interest in ethics and assists educational leaders with the complex dilemmas in today’s challenging and diverse society.
Data-Driven Leadership (Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education) (2014)
Over a period of several years, Amanda Datnow and Vicki Park visited public schools with a reputation for being ahead of the pack in data-driven decision making. The results of this pioneering study reveal how education leaders can make data work for students and teachers, rather than against them.
Transformative Leadership in Education (2017)
Framed by real stories and grounded in research, the second edition of Transformative Leadership in Education presents an alternative approach to leadership that is engaged, active, and courageous. Noted scholar Carolyn M.
The Phases of Learning (2013)
The Next Step in TJEd. Often cited by the DeMilles as their favorite work to date, this inspirational manual picks up where the primer/overview work, A Thomas Jefferson Education leaves off. It develops in depth not only the philosophy but also the nuts-and-bolts application of each individual Phase, the critical Transitions between Phases and the big-picture vision to begin with the end in mind. Those who master the content in this book leave behind the question: But how do you actually DO it?
Special Education Leadership: Building Effective Programming in Schools (2019)
Integrating coverage of the most important knowledge base, research, and practice in the field, this book prepares educators for the challenging role of special education leader. Special Education Leadership provides leaders with tools to review programs, implement special education law, and build special education programs that effectively supervise and support teachers.
Ready or Not: Early Care and Education’s Leadership Choices―12 Years Later (Early Childhood Education Series) (2019)
Ready or Not made its mark in 2007 by boldly calling for a field-wide response to the question: “What defines and bounds early care and education as a field of practice?” A dozen years later, this question remains pivotal to the field’s understanding of its present and its aspirations for the future.
Christian Education Leadership: Making Disciples in the 21st Century Church (2012)
Book Description: The collective work of twenty Christian leaders known for their expertise in Christian education, this book is an up-to-date, comprehensive resource on Christian education, with the emphasis on making disciples as Jesus instructed. This volume addresses spiritual formation for all age groups and gives guidance on how to develop an effective church discipleship ministry.
Leadership in Education: Organizational Theory for the Practitioner, Second Edition (2013)
Marion & Gonzales offer well-balanced, well-researched, and lively discussions of classic and contemporary leadership theories and their applications. They lay out the theory, provide an application, and then address leadership issues relevant to school administrators.
Introduction to Quality and Safety Education for Nurses: Core Competencies for Nursing Leadership and Management (2018)
Updated to incorporate a leadership and management and interprofessional focusThis second edition of Introduction to Quality and Safety Education for Nurses has been thoroughly updated with a leadership and management perspective while retaining core content that unpacks the knowledge and skills required of entry-level nurses in each of the six Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) domains.
Best Education Leadership Books You Must Read
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Innovation, Leadership and Governance in Higher Education: Perspectives on the Covid-19 Recovery Strategies
Author(s): Parves Sultan
ID: 3625048, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2023, Size: 6 Mb, Format: pdf
Understanding Communities of School Leadership: Changing Dynamics of Organizations
Author(s): Joseph F. Murphy
ID: 3647801, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2023, Size: 3 Mb, Format: pdf
Teacher Leadership in International Contexts
Author(s): Charles F. Webber
ID: 3682150, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2023, Size: 5 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are truly chart-busters according to The New York Times, others are composed by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.