Eleanor Blair (PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville) is Associate Professor at Western Carolina University (WCU). She teaches foundations of education courses in curriculum, teacher leadership and history/philosophy of education at WCU and in Jamaica through the WCU-Jamaica program. Recent publications include The Social Foundations Reader: Critical Essays on Teaching, Learning and Leading in the 21 Century (co-edited with Yolanda Medina) and Foundations of Education: Teachers, Teaching and Teacher Leadership in Diverse 21 Century Schools (forthcoming in 2016).

Contents: Eleanor J. Blair: Introduction to Second Edition - Teacher Leadership and Social Justice - Nelda Cambron-McCabe/Martha M. McCarthy: Educating School Leaders for Social Justice - Paul Carr: Transforming Educational Leadership Without Social Justice? Looking at Critical Pedagogy as More Than a Critique, and a Way Toward «Democracy» - Brad W. Kose: One Principal's Influence on Sustained, Systematic, and Differentiated Professional Development for Social Justice - Bree Picower: Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn: Supporting the Development of New Social Justice Educators - Ann S. Allen/Kathleen Topolka-Jorissen: Teacher Leadership Continuum: How Principals Develop and Support Teacher Leaders - Lystra M. Richardson: Helping Teachers Participate Competently in School Leadership - Phillip C. Schlechty: On the Frontier of School Reform with Trailblazers, Pioneers, and Settlers - Christopher Steel/Elizabeth Craig: Reworking Industrial Models, Exploring Contemporary Ideas, and Fostering Teacher Leadership - Holly J. Thornton: Excellent Teachers Leading the Way: How to Cultivate Teacher Leadership - Pamela S. Angelle: Teachers as Leaders: Collaborative Leadership for Learning Communities - Roland S. Barth: The Time Is Ripe (Again) - Valeri R. Helterbran: Teacher Leadership: Overcoming «I Am Just a Teacher» Syndrome - Marilyn Katzenmeyer/Gayle Moller: Understanding Teacher Leadership - Linda Lambert: What Does Leadership Capacity Mean? - Ann Lieberman: Teachers, Learners, Leaders - Richard DuFour: Professional Learning Communities: A Bandwagon, an Idea Worth Considering or Our Best Hope for High Levels of Learning? - Susan Moore Johnson/Morgaen L. Donaldson: Overcoming the Obstacles to Leadership - Kent D. Peterson/Terrence E. Deal: How Leaders Influence the Culture of Schools - David Piercey: Why Don't Teachers Collaborate? A Leadership Conundrum - Sherry Willis: Teacher Leadership: Alive and Thriving at the Elementary Level - Frederick M. Hess: Busting out of the Teacher Cage - J. Casey Hurley: Teacher Leadership: A New Foundation of Education? - Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc.: Leadership for Student Learning: Redefining the Teacher as Leader - Linda Searby/Lisa Shaddix: Growing Teacher Leaders in a Culture of Excellence - Julie A. Sherrill: Preparing Teachers for Leadership Roles in the 21st Century - Arthur E. Wise/Michael D. Usdan: The Teaching Profession at the Crossroads.