Ethical Leadership in Schools : Creating Community in an Environment of Accountability

by Kenneth A. Strike

• ISBN13: 9781412913508
• ISBN10: 1412913500
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-14
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

This invaluable resource explores situations that principals are likely to encounter and presents questions and issues to help them confront difficult ethical dilemmas.

Author Biography

Kenneth A. Strike is a professor of cultural foundations of education and of philosophy at Syracuse University. He is also professor emeritus at Cornell University, where he taught from 1971 to 2000, and is former chair of the Department of Education Policy Studies at the University of Maryland.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	ix
E. Joseph Schneider
Series Introduction	xiii
Willis D. Hawley
E. Joseph Schneider
Preface	xv
About the Author	xix
Moral Principles and Moral Principals? An Introduction	1	(20)
A Scenario	1	(2)
Prologue	3	(1)
Ethics and Leadership	4	(2)
Ethics and Morality: What Are They? What Is Ethics About?	6	(1)
Ethics and Pluralism	7	(2)
Ethics and Morality	9	(2)
Ethics and Leadership	11	(2)
Lying for Good Ends	13	(1)
Three Historical Approaches	13	(2)
Lying and Equal Respect	15	(1)
Lying and Benefit Maximization	15	(1)
Lying and Community	16	(1)
Trust and Community	17	(2)
Conclusions and Outline of Chapters	19	(2)
What Is Education For?	21	(22)
Prologue and Scenario	22	(1)
What Should We Make of This?	23	(1)
Human Capital Development	24	(4)
The Examined Life	28	(3)
Citizenship	31	(3)
Human Flourishing	34	(6)
Conclusions	40	(3)
Constitutional Essentials, Part I: Intellectual Liberty, Religious Freedom, and Intellectual Community	43	(22)
Prologue	44	(2)
Constitutional Essentials	46	(2)
Freedom of Thought and Expression, Truth, Understanding, and Argument	48	(3)
Individuality	51	(3)
Leadership and Learning Communities	54	(1)
Schooling and Religion	55	(5)
Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design	60	(2)
Conclusions	62	(3)
Constitutional Essentials, Part II: Equal Opportunity and Multicultural Community	65	(26)
Prologue and Scenario	66	(2)
Brown v. Board of Education and Its Aftermath	68	(2)
Equal Opportunity	70	(6)
Justice and Resource Allocation	76	(6)
Equality, Community, and Diversity: The Idea of Community	82	(3)
Community and Equality	85	(2)
Community and Diversity	87	(3)
Conclusions	90	(1)
Constitutional Essentials, Part III: Democracy, Community, and Accountability	91	(20)
Prologue and Scenario	91	(3)
Democratic Community and Democratic Leadership	94	(5)
Professional Community	99	(3)
Local Community and Parental Authority	102	(4)
Accountability	106	(4)
Conclusions	110	(1)
Ethical Decision Making	111	(20)
Prologue and Scenario	111	(2)
The Anatomy of Ethical Decision Making	113	(3)
Ends-Means Reasoning and Evidence-Based Decision Making: Choosing Ends	116	(2)
Measurable Goals?	118	(3)
The Meaning of Meeting Benchmarks	121	(3)
Due Process and Its Friends	124	(6)
Conclusions	130	(1)
Professional Community and the Ethics of Accountability	131	(18)
Prologue	131	(1)
Accountability and Its Rationales	131	(2)
Accountability and Professional Community	133	(2)
Three Vices of Accountability	135	(4)
Standards and Accountability	139	(6)
Gaming	145	(1)
Conclusions	146	(3)
References	149	(4)
Index	153