Kate Rousmaniere is Professor of Educational Leadership at Miami University of Ohio. She is the author of several books, including Citizen Teacher: The Life and Leadership of Margaret Haley, also published by SUNY Press.

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Introduction: Go to the Principal's Office

1.  Preceptors, Head Teachers, and Principal Teachers: School Leadership through the Late Nineteenth Century

2. The Making of the Principal's Office, 1890-1940

3. Outside the Principal's Office: Principals, Democratic Leadership, and Community College

4. Cracks in the System: School Leadership, 1945-1980

5. Bearing the Burden: The School Principal and Civil Rights

6. Instructional Leaders in High-Stakes Schools

Conclusion: In the Principal's Office

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