Leaders and Leadership
in Education

Leaders and Leadership
in Education

Leaders and Leadership
in Education

News headlines continue to tell us that there is a crisis in education: ‘4,000
teacher jobs cannot be filled’ (Dean, 2000a), ‘Schools policy crisis as third
superhead quits’ (Carvel and Mulholland, 2000), and, ‘Poverty no excuse
for failure, says Blunkett’ (Carvel, 2000). It seems that what we need is
more leadership of educational institutions, with superheads being
drafted in to turn ‘failing’ schools around. The questions I explore in his
book are why leadership and why now? And, is it educational leadership?
This is problematic for leadership watchers and practitioners because,
even though popular models seem to suggest that we have settled the
debate, it is still the case that we know little about the realities and possibilities
for leaders, leading and leadership in educational settings.

Helen M. Gunter