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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
2010
Brunner, C. C., & Kim, Y. (2010). Are women prepared to be superintendents? Myths and
misunderstandings. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 5(8), 276-309.
Mountford, M., & Brunner, C. C. (2010). Gendered behavior patterns in school board
governance. Teachers College Record, 112(8).
2009
Carl, J. (2009). Good politics is good government: The troubling history of mayoral control of
the public schools in twentieth-century Chicago. American Journal of Education, 115(2),
305-32.
Honig, M. I. (2009). No small thing: School district central office bureaucracies and the
implementation of new small autonomous schools initiatives. American Educational
Research Journal, 46(2), 387-36.
Kamler, E. (2009). Decade of difference (1995-2005) an examination of the superintendent
search consultants' process on long island. Educational Administration Quarterly, 45(1),
115-3.
Kim, Y., & Brunner, C. C. (2009). School administrators’ career mobility to the superintendency:
Gender differences in career development. The Journal of Educational Administration,
47 (1), 75-107.
Mangin, M. M. (2009). Literacy coach role implementation: How district context influences
reform efforts. Educational Administration Quarterly, 45(5), 759-34.
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Nayfack, M. B., Wohlstetter, P., & Hentschke, G. C. (2009). Exploring superintendent leadership
in smaller urban districts: Does district size influence superintendent behavior? Education
and Urban Society, 41(3), 317-21.
Tabernik, A. M., Williams, P. R., & Krivak, T. (2009). The power of leadership, collaboration,
and professional development. Education and Urban Society, 41(4), 437-2.
2008
Alsbury, T. L. (2008). School board member and superintendent turnover and the influence on
student achievement: An application of the Dissatisfaction Theory. Leadership & Policy
in Schools, 7(2), 202-229.
Brown, C. P. (2008). Keep it cheap, keep it local, and keep it coming. Educational Policy, 22(2),
250-45.
Crippen, C. & Wallin, D. (2008). Manitoba superintendents: Mentoring and leadership.
Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, 36(4), 546-565.
Daly, A. J., Gonzalez, M., Chrispeels, J. H., Gilkey, E. M., & Chhuon, V. (2008). The little
district that could: The process of building district-school trust. Educational
Administration Quarterly, 44(2), 227-55.
Hess, F. M. (2008). Looking for leadership: Assessing the case for mayoral control of urban
school systems. American Journal of Education, 114(3), 219-27.
Honig, M. I., & Coburn, C. (2008). Evidence-based decision making in school district central
offices. Educational Policy, 22(4), 578-31.
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Frick, W., Mitra, D. L., & Movit, M. (2008). Brain drain in the rust belt. Educational Policy,
22(5), 731-27.
Mintrom, M. (2008). Promoting Local Democracy in Education: Challenges and Prospects.
Educational policy, 23 (2), 329.
Scheurich, J. J., Skrla, L., & Rorrer, A. K. (2008). Districts as institutional actors in educational
reform. Educational Administration Quarterly, 44(3), 307-52.
Sherman, W. (2008). No child left behind-A legislative catalyst for superintendent action to
eliminate test-score gaps? Educational Policy, 22(5), 675-3.
Smith, B. (2008). Deregulation and the new leader agenda: Outcomes and lessons from michigan.
Educational Administration Quarterly, 44(1), 30-36.
2007
Alsbury, T. L., & Whitaker, K. S. (2007). Voices of superintendents: Accountability, students,
and democratic voice. Journal of Educational Administration, 45(2), 157-174.
DeBray-Pelot, E. H. (2007). NCLB’s transfer policy and court-ordered desegregation: The
conflict between two federal mandates in Richmond County, Georgia, and Pinellas
County, Florida. Educational Policy, 21(5), 717-3.
Sunderman, G. L., & Orfield, G. (2007). Domesticating a revolution: No child left behind
reforms and state administrative response. Harvard Educational Review, 76(4), 526-33.
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Honig, M. I. (2007). Street-level bureaucracy revisited: Frontline district central-office
administrators as boundary spanners in education policy implementation. Educational
Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 28(4), 357-27.
Rhim, L. M. (2007). The politics of privatization practice. Educational Policy, 21(1), 245-28.
Rammer, R. I. (2007). Call to action for superintendents: Change the way you hire principals.
The Journal of Educational Research, 101(2), 67-11.
Wallin, D., & Crippen, C. (2007). Superintendent leadership style: A gendered discourse
analysis. Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 5(1), 21-40.
2006
Mahitivanichcha, K., & Rorrer, A. K. (2006). Women's choices within market constraints: Revisioning access to and participation in the superintendency. Educational Administration
Quarterly, 42(4), 483-35.
Melnick, S. A., & Henk, W. A. (2006). Researchers at the gate: Factors influencing districts'
right of entry decisions. Educational Administration Quarterly, 42(4), 652-1.
Mertz, N. T. (2006). The promise of title IX. Urban Education, 41(6), 544-16.
Newton, R. M. (2006). Does recruitment message content normalize the superintendency as male?
Educational Administration Quarterly, 42(4), 551-27.
Orr, M. T. (2006). Learning the superintendency: Socialization, negotiation, and determination.
Teachers College Record, 108(7), 1362-42.
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2005
Alston, J. A. (2005). Tempered radicals and servant leaders: Black females persevering in the
superintendency. Educational Administration Quarterly, 41(4), 675-0.
Brown, A. K., & Knight, K. W. (2005). School boundary and student assignment procedures in
large, urban, public school systems. Education and Urban Society, 37(4).
Foster, L. (2005). The practice of educational leadership in African American communities of
learning: Context, scope, and meaning. Educational Administration Quarterly, 41(4),
689-0.
Goldring, E., & Sims, P. (2005). Modeling creative and courageous school leadership through
district-community-university partnerships. Educational Policy, 19(1), 223-0.
Hunter, R. C. (2005). All things to all people: Special circumstances influencing the performance
of African American superintendents. Education and Urban Society, 37(4), 419-12.
Jester, T. (2005). Transfer of standards-based education in rural Alaska: An analysis of the
politics of educational transfer in the Tikishla school district. Teachers College Record,
107(4), 862-32.
Kleinsmith, S. L. (2005). What comprises an award-winning Board? School Administrator, 62,
30-33.
Mangin, M. M., Firestone, W. A., Polovsky, T., & Martinez, M. C. (2005). Leading coherent
professional development: A comparison of three districts. Educational Administration
Quarterly, 41(3), 413-36.
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Maranto, R. (2005). A tale of two cities: School privatization in Philadelphia and Chester.
American Journal of Education, 111(2), 151-40.
Rusch, E. A. (2005). Institutional barriers to organizational learning in school systems: The
power of silence. Educational Administration Quarterly, 41(1), 83-38.
Stringfield, S., & Yakimowski, M. (2005). The promise, progress, problems, and paradoxes of
three phases of accountability: A longitudinal case study of the Baltimore City Public
Schools. American Educational Research Journal, 42(1), 43-76.
Wills, B. K., & Herrington, C. D. (2005). Decertifying the principalship: The politics of
administrator preparation in Florida. Educational Policy, 19(1), 181-2.
2004
Alsbury, T. L. (2004). Does school board turnover matter? Revisiting critical variables in the
Dissatisfaction Theory of American Democracy. International Journal of Leadership in
Education, 7(4), 357-377.
Burrello, L. C., & Hoffman, L. P. (2004). A case study illustration of how a critical theorist and a
consummate practitioner meet on common ground. Educational Administration
Quarterly, 40(2), 268-22.
Blount, J. M., & Tallerico, M. (2004). Women and the superintendency: Insights from theory and
history. Educational Administration Quarterly, 40(5), 633-3.
Cuban, L. (2004). Meeting challenges in urban schools. Educational Leadership, 61(7), 64-5.
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Mountford, M. (2004). Motives and power of school board members: Implications for school
board-superintendent relationships. Educational Administration Quarterly, 40(5), 704741.
Killeen, K. M., & Sipple, J. W. (2004). Context, capacity, and concern: A district-level analysis
of the implementation of standards-based reform in New York State. Educational Policy,
18(3), 456-35.
2003
Alsbury, T. L. (2003). Stop talking and do something: The changing role of superintendent
involvement in school-community relations. Journal of School Public Relations, 24(1),
44-52.
Alsbury, T. L. (2003). Superintendent and school board member turnover: Political versus
apolitical turnover as a critical variable in the application of the dissatisfaction theory.
Educational Administration Quarterly, 39(5), 667-0.
Brunner, C. C. (2003). Invisible, limited, and emerging discourse: Research practices that restrict
and/or increase access for women and people of color to the superintendency. Journal of
School Leadership, 13, 428-450. [Reprinted, 2008, in Best Articles in Journal of
School Leadership, 18(6), 661-682].
Metzger, C. (2003). Self/Inner development of educational administrators. Urban Education,
38(6), 655-33.
Feuerstein, A., & Dietrich, J. (2003). State standards in the local context: A survey of school
board members and superintendents. Educational Policy, 17(2), 237-2.
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Ramirez, A., & Guzman, N. (2003). The superintendent search: An analysis of ISLCC
standards compared to school board selection criteria. Educational Leadership
Review, 2 (2), 34-37.
Ramirez, A., & Guzman, N. (2003). The mark of a leader: What boards look for in a new
superintendent. American School Board Journal. 190 (5), 32-34.
2002
Brunner, C. C. (2002). A proposition for the reconception of the superintendency: Reconsidering
traditional and nontraditional discourse. Educational Administration Quarterly, 38(3),
402-31.
Kelley, C., & Jackson, B. L. (2002). Exceptional and innovative programs in educational
leadership. Educational Administration Quarterly, 38(2), 192-23.
Weiner, M., Cicchelli, T., & Marcus, S. (2002). Superintendents’ dialogue in a professional
development model. Education and Urban Society, 34(4), 415-7.
Usdan, M. D. (2002). Reactions to articles commissioned by the national commission for the
advancement of education leadership preparation. Educational Administration Quarterly,
38(2), 300-9.
2001
Hatch, T. (2001). Incoherence in the system: Three perspectives on the implementation of
multiple initiatives in one district. American Journal of Education, 109(4), 407-31.
Holloway, J. (2001). Setting standards for the school superintendent. Educational Leadership,
58(5), 84-2.
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Lindle, J. C., & Bjork, L. (2001). Superintendents and interest groups. Educational Policy, 15(1),
76-16.
Nestor-Baker, N. S., & Hoy, W. K. (2001). Tacit knowledge of school superintendents: Its nature,
meaning, and content. Educational Administration Quarterly, 37(1), 86-44.
Ortiz, F. (2001). Using social capital in interpreting the careers of three latina superintendents.
Educational Administration Quarterly, 37(1), 58-28.
Short, P. M., & Petersen, G. J. (2001). The school board president's perception of the district
superintendent: Applying the lenses of social influence and social style. Educational
Administration Quarterly, 37(4), 533-40.
2000
Alston, J. A. (2000). Missing from action: Where are the black female school superintendents?
Urban Education, 35(5), 525-7.
Brunner, C. C. (2000). Unsettled moments in settled discourse: Women superintendents'
experiences of inequality. Educational Administration Quarterly, 36(1), 76-41.
Cochran, L. L., & Tillman, B. A. (2000). Desegregating urban school administration: A pursuit
of equity for black women superintendents. Education and Urban Society, 33(1), 44-18.
Grogan, M. (2000). A black woman superintendent tells. Urban Education, 35(5), 597-7.
Brunner, C. C. (2000). Unsettled moments in settled discourse: Women superintendents’
experiences of inequality. Educational Administration Quarterly, 36 (1), 76-116.
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Brunner, C. C., & Peyton-Caire, L. M. (2000). Seeking representation: Supporting Black female
graduate students who aspire to the superintendency. Urban Education, 31 (5), 532-548.
Murtadha-Watts, K. (2000). Cleaning up and maintenance in the wake of an urban school
administration tempest. Urban Education, 35(5), 603-14.
Scannell, M. M., & Metcalf, P. L. (2000). Autonomous boards and standards-based teacher
development. Educational Policy, 14(1), 61-16.
Skrla, L., Reyes, P., & Scheurich, J. J. (2000). Sexism, silence, and solutions: Women
superintendents speak up and speak out. Educational Administration Quarterly, 36(1),
44-32.
Grogan, M. (2000). Laying the groundwork for a reconception of the superintendency from
feminist postmodern perspectives. Educational Administration Quarterly, 36(1), 117-26.
Skrla, L. (2000). The social construction of gender in the superintendency. Journal of Education
Policy, 15(3), 293-24.
Tallerico, M. (2000). Gaining access to the superintendency: Headhunting, gender, and color.
Educational Administration Quarterly, 36(1), 18-26.
Blount, J. (2000). Spinsters, bachelors, and other gender transgressors in school employment,
1850-1990. Review of Educational Research, 70(1), 83-19.
1999
Brunner, C. C. (1999). Taking risks: A requirement of the new superintendency. The Journal of
School Leadership, 9 (4), 290-310.
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Maduakolam, I., & Bailey, S. (1999). A study of superintendents= change leadership styles using
the situational leadership model. American Secondary Education, 27(4), 22-32.
1998
Brunner, C. C. (1998). Women superintendents: Strategies for success. The Journal of
Educational Administration, 36 (2), 160-182.
Davis, S. H. (1998). Superintendents' perspectives on the involuntary departure of public school
principals: The most frequent reasons why principals lose their jobs. Educational
Administration Quarterly, 34(1), 58-33.
McCarthy, M. M., & Webb, L. D. (1998). Ella flagg young: Pioneer of democratic school
administration. Educational Administration Quarterly, 34(2), 223-2.
Monk, D.H., Nusser, J.L., & Roellke, C.F., (1998). Resource indicators for educational
accountability and school district improvement. Education and Urban Society, 30 (4),
479-501.
Nusser, J. L., Monk, D. H., & Roellke, C. F. (1998). Resource-based indicators for educational
accountability and school district improvement. Education and Urban Society, 30(4),
479-23.
Spillane, J. P. (1998). A cognitive perspective on the role of the local educational agency in
implementing instructional policy: Accounting for local variability. Educational
Administration Quarterly, 34(1), 31-27.
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1997
Beaumont, J. J. (1997). Issues in urban school district leadership: Professional development.
Urban Education, 31(5), 564-18.
Brunner, C. C. (1997). Working through the “riddle of the heart”: Perspectives from women
superintendents. Journal of School Leadership, 7 (2), 138-164.
Young, I. P. (1997). Dimensions of employee compensation: Practical and theoretical
implications for superintendents. Educational Administration Quarterly, 33(4), 506-20.
Heslep, R. D. (1997). The practical value of philosophical thought for the ethical dimension of
educational leadership. Educational Administration Quarterly, 33(1), 67-19.
Hunter, R. C. (1997). The mayor versus the school superintendent: Political incursions into
metropolitan school politics. Education and Urban Society, 29(2), 217-16.
Larson, C. L. (1997). Is the land of oz an alien nation? A sociopolitical study of school
community conflict. Educational Administration Quarterly, 33(3), 312-39.
1996
Donato, R. (1996). The irony of year-round schools: Mexican migrant resistance in a California
community during the civil rights era. Educational Administration Quarterly, 32(2), 18128.
Eaton, W.E. & Sharp, W.L. (1996). Involuntary turnover among small-town superintendents.
Peabody Journal of Education, 71 (2), 78-85.
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Hertert, L. (1996). Systemic school reform in the 1990s: A local perspective. Educational Policy,
10(3), 379-2.
Yee, G., & Cuban, L. (1996). When is tenure long enough? A historical analysis of
superintendent turnover and tenure in urban school districts. Educational Administration
Quarterly, 32, 615-27.
1995-1980
Kirp, D. L., & Driver, C. E. (1995). The aspirations of systemic reform meet the realities of
localism. Educational Administration Quarterly, 31(4), 589-24.
Katz, M. (1993). Matching school board and superintendent styles. The School Administrator, 50,
16-23.
Goldstein, A. (1992). Stress in the superintendency: School leaders confront the daunting
pressures of the job. School Administrator, 49 (9), 8-11.
Meyers, M.D. (1992). Effective schools and the superintendency: perceptions and practice,
Contemporary Education, 63 (2), 96-101.
Grady, M.L., & Bryant, M.T. (1991). Critical incidences between superintendents and school
boards: implications for practice. Planning and Changing, 20 (4), 207-221.
Weller, L. D., Brown, C.L., & Flynn, K.L. (1991). Superintendent turnover and school board
member defeat: A new perspective and interpretation. Journal of Educational
Administration, 29 (2) 22-25.
Coleman, P., & La Rocque, L. (1990). Reaching out: Instructional leadership in school
districts.Peabody Journal of Education, 65 (4), 60-89.
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Shannon, T.A. (1989). What a superintendent can do about conflict with the school board.
American School Board Journal, 176 (6), 25-27.
Trotter, A., & Downey, G.W. (1989). Many superintendents privately contend school
boards=>meddling= is more like it. American School Board Journal, 6, 21-25.
Crowson, R.L. (1987). The local school district superintendent: A puzzling role. Educational
Administration Quarterly, 23, 49-69.
Murphy, J.T., & Hallinger, P. (1986). The superintendent as an instructional effective leader:
Findings from effective school districts. Journal of Educational Administration, 24 (2),
213-36.
Murphy, J.T., Hallinger, P. & Peterson, K. (1985). Supervising and evaluating principals:
Lessons from effective districts. Educational Leadership, 43, 79-82.
Cuban, L. (1984). Transforming the frog into a prince: Effective schools research, policy,
and practice at the district level. Harvard Educational Review, 54, (2), 129-151.
Salley, C. (1980). Superintendents= job priorities. Administrators Notebook, 28 (1), 1-4.