Organization and Administration of Iowa Public and Private Schools

Preface: The Iowa Council of Professors of Educational Administration

Part I: Organizational Structure
Chapter 1. School Administrators of Iowa: Linking Leadership and Learning
Authors: Joanne M. Marshall, Iowa State University, Roark Horn, SAI Executive Director, and Daniel H. Smith, Former SAI Executive Director

Part II: Legal and Financial Basis of Education
Chapter 2. Laws Impacting the Role of the Public School Administrator
Author: Tim Gilson, University of Northern Iowa
Chapter 3. Iowa’s Nonpublic Schools: Current Practice and Public School Support
Authors: Tom Buckmiller and Josh Moser, Drake University
Chapter 4. The History and Evolution of Iowa School Finance
Authors: James R. Scharff, IASBO and Charles Manges, Loras/St. Ambrose Consortium

Part III: Foundations of Education
Chapter 5. The Urban Education Network of Iowa
Authors: Lew Finch, UEN Director and Sarah Hale, University of Iowa
Chapter 6. Critical Leadership for School Improvement and Increased Student Achievement
Author: Norene A. Bunt, Ed. D., Viterbo University

Part IV: Administering Iowa Schools
Chapter 7. Diversity within Iowa’s K–12 Public Schools and the Role of School Leaders
Authors: Leslie Ann Locke, University of Iowa and Denise Schares, University of Northern Iowa
Chapter 8. History of Accountability and Testing in Iowa
Authors: Liz Hollingworth and H. D. Hoover, University of Iowa
Chapter 9. Iowa’s Evaluator Approval: A Collaborative and Parallel System for Evaluation
Authors: Jan Walker, Drake University, Jan Westerman-Beatty, Iowa State University, and Victoria Robinson, University of Northern Iowa
Chapter 10. Understanding the School Leader’s Role in Implementing Standards-Based Grading
Authors: Randal Peters and Tom Buckmiller, Drake University
Chapter 11. Leadership Skills to Implement Change
Authors: Liz Hollingworth, Dorian Olsen, Asih Asikin-Garmager, and Kathleen M. Winn, University of Iowa
Chapter 12. Social Justice Leadership for Iowa’s K–12 Refugee Students
Authors: Kathleen M. Winn, University of Iowa and Patrick J. Winn, Catholic Charities of the Rockford Diocese