Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820-1980

by David Tyack and Elisabeth Hansot

Book Overview

Can America's faith in public education be restored? As they analyze the ways in which public school leaders successfully formed and transformed American education, historian Tyack and political scientist Hansot conclude that the main challenge facing today's leaders is to create a new community of commitment to public education as a common good.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465043747
• ISBN13: 9780465043743
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A thorough history of the Principalship

This book represents one of the few texts available that address the changes in the role of the principal in the American school. It is thorough and insightful. Anyone interested in the role of principal should read this text.