{"product_id":"9781474251709","title":"Exploring School Leadership in England and the Caribbean: New Insights from a Comparative Approach","description":"·         What drives school leaders?\u003cbr\u003e·         What do they do on a day to day basis?\u003cbr\u003e·         What helps or constrains their decision-making?\u003cbr\u003e·         What keeps them focused amidst challenges?\u003cbr\u003eRather than applying theory to practice, \u003ci\u003eExploring School Leadership in England and the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e draws on how school leaders practice and experience their own leadership. Paul Miller draws on case studies from Jamaica and England to explore what it means to be a school leader and explores a wide-range of issues, including accountability, performativity, inclusion and multiculturalism, technology, staffing and resourcing decisions. \u003cbr\u003eWhile no two school leaders will have identical experiences as a school leader, Paul Miller draws on the first-hand accounts of school leaders to show that regardless of school size, type and location there are a number of common experiences and themes. Miller acknowledges that the practice of school leadership is occurring in an uncertain economic environment, buoyed by a fast paced policy context where by targets linked to national economic development are the new normal. He concludes that school leadership is a continuous balancing act driven by and experienced through an \"Economic-motor model†? of schooling- which he proposes.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129663930608,"sku":"9781474251709","price":82.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781474251709_p0.jpg?v=1763604349","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781474251709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}