The Principal and School Improvement: Theorising Discourse, Policy, and Practice (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

1 Introducing a 'united' agenda for principals.- 2 School improvement discourses: Autonomy, 'instructional' leadership, and accountability.- 3 The Queensland context: A site of rapid and urgent reform.- 4 Max, Judy, and Scott.- 5 The evolving nature of the principalship: Pressures created by rapid school improvement reforms.- 6 'Stick to the knitting': Pricipals identifying and maintaining a focus for their school.- 7 School performance data profiles, school-generated data, and principals' work.- 8 Implications for leadership.