Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Transforming Politics into Education by Kenneth Leithwood -- 2. How Effective Superintendents Understand Their Own Work by Edward A. Holdaway and Anthony Genge -- 3. Chiefs and Chairs: Working Relationships between Effective CEOs and Board of Education Chairpersons by Derek J. Allison, Patricia A. Allison, and Helen A. McHenry -- 4. Prospects for Organizational Learning in Expertly Managed Group Problem Solving by Kenneth Leithwood, Rosanne Steinbach, and Tiiu Raun -- 5. Superintendents' Management of State-Initiated Reform: A Matter of Interpretation by Fran Wills and Kent Peterson -- 6. Restructuring in Kentucky: The Changing Role of the Superintendent and the District Office by Joseph Murphy -- 7. How a Few Politicians and Managers of Education Find Policy Success and Happiness: Part I by Richard G. Townsend -- 8. Plucking Billiard Balls Out of Thin Air or How a Few Politicians and Managers of Education Hustle Policy: Part II by Richard G. Townsend -- 9. How CEOs Influence School System Culture by Donald Musella -- 10. Educated Dissent: Implications of Policy Disagreement for Educational Leadership by Mark Holmes -- 11. Toward Improving the Structures for School System Leadership by Stephen B. Lawton, Joyce Scane, and Shihui Wang -- 12. Toward a More Comprehensive Appreciation of Effective School District Leadership by Kenneth Leithwood -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.