Principals Center
Georgia State University

PO Box 3977
Atlanta, GA 30302-3977
Phone: 404-413-8256

RESOURCE CENTER

The "classics" for school leaders in management, leadership, reform and instruction. The list is compiled by active school administrators.

Books

American Public School Law, 6th Edition, by Kern Alexander and M. David Alexander  (http://servicedirect.thomsonlearning.com)

If I Only Knew...Success Strategies for Navigating the Principalship, Harvey B. Alvy and Pam Robbins, Corwin Press 1998 ISBN 0-8039-6644-X

Mining Group Gold, How to Cash in on the Collective Brain Power of a Group Thomas Kayser Serif Publishing Co.1990 ISBN 1-878567-02-0

Rethinking Leadership, Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Skylight Training and Publishing Inc. 1999 ISBN 1-57517-148-1

Who Moved My Cheese, Spencer Johnson, MD, G.P. Putnam's Sons 1998 ISBN 0-399-14446-31)

The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom. James W. Stigler & James Hiebert. Free Press, 1999. ISBN: 0-684-85274-8.

The Courage To Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life. Parker J. Palmer. Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. ISBN: 0-787-91058-9.

Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation. Parker J. Palmer. Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999. ISBN: 0-787-94735-0.

Reinventing Public Education: How Contracting Can Transform America's Schools" by Paul T. Hill. University of Chicago Press, 1997. ISBN: 0226336522

Making the Grade: Reinventing America's Schools" by Tony Wagner. Taylor & Francis, Inc., 2001. ISBN: 0415927692