Textbook 

English, F. W. (2010). Deciding what to teach & test : developing, aligning, and leading the curriculum (3rd ed). Corwin Press. 

Lee G. Bolman, & Terrence E. Deal. (2021). Reframing Organizations : Artistry, Choice, and Leadership: Vol. Seventh edition. Jossey-Bass. (ebook)

Ravitch, D. (2010). The death and life of the great American school system : how testing and choice are undermining education. Basic Books.

Wiggins, G. P., & McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by design (Expanded 2nd ed). Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Selected Readings

Anjalé D. Welton, Sarah Diem, & Sarah D. Lent. (2023). Let’s Face It, the Racial Politics Are Always There: A Critical Race Approach to Policy Implementation in the Wake of Anti-CRT Rhetoric. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 31(109).

Arizona State University, A. C. on R. P. E. (CRPE), Paul Hill, Sarah McCann, Lydia Rainey, & Chelsea Waite. (2024). When Challenges Never Let Up: School District Leaders Steer through Hazards in Baltimore and Chicago. In Center on Reinventing Public Education.

Bernhardt, V. L. (2017). Measuring what we do in schools : how to know if what we are doing is making a difference. ASCD.

Cunningham, D. D. (2020). Professional and ethical consideration for early childhood leaders. Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5089-2

DeWitt, P. M. (2020). Instructional leadership : creating practice out of theory (First edition). Corwin Press

“Diane Ravitch in Her Own Words.” Education Week YouTube Channel. Posted 2020. Accessed April 16, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV12NZvleGo.

Fullan, M. (2020). System Change in Education. American Journal of Education, 126(4), 653–663. https://doi.org/10.1086/709975

Gabriel, R. (2020). Leadership for Literacy. Educational Leadership, 77(5), 68–72. https://doi.org/https://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb20/vol77/num05/Leadership-for-Literacy.aspx

Gutierrez, E. C. (2022). Getting Beyond “STUCK” on Equity in Schools. Educational Leadership, 79(5), 50–54.

Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) (website)

Jung, L. A. (2021). Lesson Planning with UNIVERSAL DESIGN for Learning. Educational Leadership, 78(9), 38–43. https://doi.org/https://www.ascd.org/el/innovative-lesson-planning

Levin, H. M., McEwan, P. J., Belfield, C., Bowden, A. B., & Shand, R. (2018). Economic evaluation in education : cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis (3rd edition). SAGE Publications, Inc.

Minor, C. B. (2014). The Impact of a Curriculum Audit on Student Achievement. In ProQuest LLC. (dissertation)

Novak, K. (2022). FIT TO LEAD: Supporting Teachers With High-Quality Curriculum. Principal Leadership, 19–21.

Paige, M. (2022). Constitution vs. Curriculum. Principal, 101(4), 54–57.

Tanner, J., (2016). Creating a Meaningful Community-Based Accountability System. John Tanner, Test Sense. November 2016. 

Texas Association of School Administrators. (2008).  Creating a New Vision for Public Education in Texas:  A Work in Progress for Conversation and Further Development.  TASA:  Austin, TX.

Texas Curriculum Management Audits

Texas Effective Schools Framework. Texas Education Agency, 2019, texasesf.org. 

Theory of Action for Community School Transformation by Emily Germain, Jeannie Oakes, and Anna Maier (website) 

Tntp. (2018). The Opportunity Myth: What Students Can Show Us about How School Is Letting Them Down -- And How to Fix It. In TNTP. (website)

Umphrey, J. (2012). A CONVERSATION WITH Diane Ravitch. Education Digest, 78(1), 15–17.

Understanding by Design (video) Producer, Leslie J. Kiernan; director, Frank Frost

Will, M. (2023). Scared, Anxious, Worried: States’ New Restrictions Have Teachers on Edge. Education Week, 42(21), 5.

Yong Zhao. (2021). Could the Pandemic Change Education for the Better? Our recent experience has the potential to alter the “one-to-many” model of education. Educational Leadership, 79(1), 26–31.