Leading under pressure : educational leadership in neoliberal times

• Other Authors: Chitpin, Stephanie (Editor), White, Robert E., active 2022 (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
• Series: Transforming education through critical leadership, policy and practice
• Subjects: Educational leadership.; Educational leadership > Social aspects.; Education and state.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781801173605
• DOI: 10.1108/9781801173582
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 pages).

The best leaders lead by example, not by mandate. However, so much leadership has become conscripted by neoliberal values. Educators and politicians, who are increasingly making policy for educators, have come to believe that standardized test scores are the same as knowledge acquired, as if test sc...