AASA Books

Why Social Media Matters
School Communication in the Digital Age
Solution Tree
Kitty Porterfield & Meg Carnes
Here’s everything you need to know to begin building a social media platform that nurtures relationships and garners support from your key stakeholders, including step-by-step instructions on how to use three of today's most popular tools for social media: Twitter, Facebook, and blogs. Written by two school communication veterans, this book focuses on the why as well as the how of effective school-community communication in today’s world.
    Price: $19.95 paper

The Urgency of Special Education Mandates
Helping Administrators Meet Accountability Benchmarks
Rowman & Littlefield Education
Peter J. Bittel and Nicholas P. Young
Seasoned educators share their expertise in a wide range of important subjects that collectively promote an understanding of how to transform special education programs and service delivery in public school settings. The authors cover a variety of useful topics in special education, ranging from finances, monitoring the assignment of paraprofessionals, and transportation, to legal considerations and methods of promoting parent engagement.
    Price: $45.00 hardback; $23.95 paperback; $22.99 eBook

Moving into the Superintendency
How to Succeed in Making the Transition
Rowman & Littlefield Education
Thomas A. Kersten
This book provides novice superintendents with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in their new roles. Thomas Kersten, a highly experienced school administrator, shares the most practical and useful strategies that will help new superintendents optimize their early successes.
    Price: $22.95 paperback; @21.99 eBook

An Agenda for Equity
Responding to the Needs of Diverse Learners
Rowman & Littlefield Education
Searetha Smith-Collins
Using Response to Intervention as an innovative model, An Agenda for Equity analyzes the ability of recent educational reforms for increasing enduring, equitable effectiveness and improving conditions for teaching and learning for both teachers and students.
    Price: $70.00 hardback; $25.95 paperback; $24.99 eBook

Shaping Social Justice Leadership
Insights of Women Educators Worldwide
Rowman & Littlefield Education
Linda L. Lyman; Jane Strachan and Angeliki Lazaridou
Shaping Social Justice Leadership: Insights of Women Educators Worldwide contains evocative portraits of twenty-three women educators and leaders from around the world whose actions are shaping social justice leadership. Each carefully crafted portrait highlights an aspect of a chapter theme, followed by practical insights. The chapters develop a range of cultural comparisons, illustrate imperatives for social justice leadership, and examine values, skills, resilience, leadership pathways and actions.
    Price: $90.00 hardback; $34.95 paperback; $33.99 eBook

Curing Student Underachievement
Clinical Practice for School Leaders
Rowman & Littlefield
Philip Esbrandt and Bruce Hayes
The authors find that clinical practice identifies the root causes rather than the symptoms of problems, focusing valuable time, resource, and energy on prescriptions with greater promise for improved performance health. The concepts of diagnosis, prescription, and prognosis establish a foundation for improved planning and problem solving. This book introduces practicing leaders and leaders-in-training to the protocols of clinical practice.
    Price: $75.00 hardback; $36.95 paperback; $35.99 eBook

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