Introduction to the Special Issue on the New Politics of Educational Leadership

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Editing a special issue is not possible without the support of many. We are grateful to Michele Thompson and Meredith Ross for their editorial assistance. We are indebted to the distinguished scholars who painstakingly reviewed each article in this special issue; much of the credit for its strength goes to them, although we bear the responsibility for all errors and omissions. Our deepest thanks to Jacob Adams, Gary Anderson, Katrina Bulkley, William A. Firestone, Thomas Glass, James W. Guthrie, Charles T. Kerchner, Michael W. Kirst, Julie Koppich, Kenneth Leithwood, Christopher Lubenski, Catherine Lugg, Betty Malen, Julie Marsh, Laurence Parker, Alan Sadovnik, BetsAnn Smith, David B. Tyack, and Kenneth K. Wong.

Notes

¹ In confirmation of Henig's argument, Vallas recently mused that he might leave New Orleans to run as a Republican for Cook County Administrator in Illinois at the end of the 2008–09 school year.