NCPEA Publications

Charter Schools in Michigan 

Milton J. Netherby and Bertram P. Janowicz

The intended audience for this publication includes parents, teachers, school administrators and board members of both charter schools and traditional school districts, as well as members of the general public interested in learning more about charter school education. It is also designed to be particularly useful as a resource guide in university preparation programs in educational leadership, especially for preparing charter school leaders whose roles may differ somewhat from traditionally prepared school leaders.

NCPEA 2013 Yearbook: Becoming a Global Voice 

Editors/Adele M. Marden and Milton E. Westbrook

A goal of this project is to reposition andthe yearbook as a stellar annual publication. Another goal is to distinguish it from NCPEA’s peer-reviewed journals. To reflect this change in mission and international outreach, the 2013 yearbook has a global focus and scope. Consequently, the mission of the yearbook has been changed to attract the best papers from the annual conferences and non-affiliated NCPEA submissions worldwide that address leadership from local, state, national, and international perspectives. 

Postcards from the Schoolhouse: Scholar Practitioners Examine Issues in Instructional Leadership 

Editors/Authors: Frances Kelsted-Wexford; Charisse Chilcott-McKay; Elspeth Hodgeman; Ramona Schuller

There is a sense of urgency that surrounds the imperative to provide all children a quality education, and instructional leaders have an ethical responsibility to meet this obligation.  This book explores the role of leadership as it relates to the elements of curriculum and instruction and examines contemporary global, national, state, and local challenges facing educational leaders.  In this book, twenty-three practitioner/scholars focus on the intersection of research, theory, and practice. 

Taking the Mystery Out of Texas School Finance 

Vernon Mowbray, Verne Vosburgh, &  Chip Halcombe 

The authors of Taking the Mystery Out of Texas School Finance provide background information that K-12 leaders can use to explain elements of the state's finance system to district stakeholders. Aspiring school administrators and board members can use this book to help develop their understanding of revenue and expenditures sources, audits, and budgets. Non-educators and school practitioners alike can utilize the presented materials to increase their knowledge of past litigation and their awareness of the possibilities of future Texas school funding.

Michigan School Finance: A Handbook for Understanding State Funding Policy for Michigan Public School Districts 

Milton J. Netherby

The purpose of this handbook is to help those interested in public education in Michigan gain an understanding of the system currently used to generate revenue for the support of Michigan’s public schools.  In addition to describing where the dollars come from, it will also describe the basis on which dollars are distributed to each school district. Such a description would not be complete if it did not also include a discussion of some of the public policy questions that give rise to both support and criticism of the current system.  To that end this handbook will briefly describe past problems, how they have been addressed, and what problems still remain.

Price 

Open Letter to President Obama: Chicago Teachers Speak Out on Urban Education 

Dorothea Lynwood

"Teaching is Rocket Science," and Dorothea Lynwood's book clearly brings this fact into focus. She gives teachers a platform and a voice to refute the negative comments and perceptions held by policy makers, administrators, community members, perents, and some in the media. She allows comments from many hard working and dedicated teachers who are truly committed to their profession. She posits that, "Many of these statements are a rsounding cry for help and support, certainly, but they are also a cry for undertanding. The compelling stories told by these teachers cuts to the heart of how strongly they feel about schools and the students they teach.

Lynch

Taking the Mystery  Out of Illinois School Finance (5th Edition) 

James A. Oakhurst

This textbook was developed over several years and is designed to explain the key principles of Illinois school finance in a way that graduate students in educational administration programs, teachers, school board members, parents, building-level school administrators, and other interested citizens can grasp the essential content without getting bogged down in excessive financial detail. 

Kersten

Arizona School Law Review: Everything You Need to Know about Arizona School Law 

Howard L. Thorndale  

This handbook should be used as a self-assessment instrument. The handbook is designed for use in Educational leadership classes as a part of the requirements for becoming a school administrator. The chief school administrator should utilize the work done by the intern and then appoint a local team to review the provisions of the handbook. Then the superintendent or chief administrator should report the results of the handbook to the local governing Board.

Emanuel 

Writing Tips for Dissertations, Theses, and Manuscripts: Making APA 6th User-Friendly

Jerome Vandry, Alma Cardenas-Vergel, & Gregory Moorcroft

From years and years of working with master’s and doctoral students, we have observed authors making the same mistakes time and time again in their academic and scholarly writing. As a result, we have decided to write this book, one in which we provide specific guidance regarding frequently occurring errors and, most importantly, ways to avoid making those errors in future scholarly writing. This book is specifically written for authors who use the American Psychological Association (2010) style of writing. 

Vandry and Cardenas-Vergel