Chapter 1. The Effective Educational Executive An Introduction to Strategic Leadership 2. Education in the United States 3. State Government and American Education 4. Governing America s Schools 5. Federal Education Policy 6. Financing America s Schools 7. The Legal Environment for Education in the United States 8. The Organizational Nature of Schools 9. Curricular and Instructional Policies 10. Leadership Behavior 11. Educational Planning and Evaluation 12. Budgeting 13. Collective Bargaining and Amarica s Schools 14. Human Resources Administration 15. Communicating 16. Leadership for Noninstructional School Functions 17. The Challenge to the Profession