The journey begins:

John Lewis Childs Elementary School  

St. John's University, Oakdale Campus

Doctoral Program - Center for Leadership and Accountability

St. John's Website: http://new.stjohns.edu/

Professor Jonathan T. Hughes

http://jonathanthughes.com/home.htm

A good book has no ending.  ~R.D. Cumming

Readings

Amundson, K. et al (1996) Becoming a Better Board Member. National School Boards Association: Alexandria Virginia.

Bennis, W. and Biederman, P. (1998).  Organizing genius: the secrets of creative collaboration. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley.

Best, J.W, & Jahn, J. V. (1998). Research in education (8th Edition). Boston; Allyn and Bacon.

Bogdan, R.C. & Biklen, S.K. (1992). Qualitative research for education (2nd Edition). Boston; Allyn and Bacon.

Bolman, L.G. & Deal, (2001). Leading with soul. New York: Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Bolman, L.G. & Deal, T.E. (1997). Reframing Organizations. New York: Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Bryk, A.S & Schneider, B. (2002). Trust in schools: A core resource for improvement. New York; Russell Sage Foundation.

Caldwell, S. (2004). Statistics unplugged. Belmont, CA; Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

Carlson, R.V. (1996). Reframing and reform. White Plains, NY: Longman Publishers.

Collins, J. (2001). Good to great. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc.

Comer, J. P. (2004). Leave no child behind. Yale University Press, New Haven and New London.

Copland, M. (2002). Leadership of inquiry: Building and sustaining capacity for school improvement in the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative. Center for Research on the Context of Teaching

Covey, S. (1992). The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1992.

Cunningham, W.G & Gresso, D.W. (1993). Cultural leadership. Boston; Allyn and Bacon.

Drucker, Peter F. (2004). The Daily Drucker.  New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishing.

Fisher, R. & Ury, W. (1991). Getting to yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in.  New York. Penguin Books.

Fukuyama, F.  (1999) Social Capital and Civil Society. The institute of public policy.  George Mason University.

Fullan, M. (2001). Leading in a culture of change, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco.

Gerber, R. (2002). Leadership the Eleanor Way.  New York Prentice Hall Press.

George, D. & Mallery, P. (2001). SPSS for windows step by step (3rd Edition). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Gollnick, D.M. & Chinn, P.C. (2001).  Multicultural education in a pluralistic society (Sixth Edition). Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Goldsmith, M & Beckhard, R. (1997). The leader of the future. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Gremberlin, K.W. et al (2000). The Key Work of School Boards Guidebook. National School Boards Association: Alexandria Virginia.

Hesselbein, Goldsmith and Beckhard, Editors. (1997) The Leader of the future, The Drucker Foundation, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco

Hughes, J. (2003) Annual School District Almanac (Including the Annual Finance Study): A comprehensive guide to educational statistics for Suffolk County school districts.  Scope and St. John's University.

Haycock, K. (March, 2001) Closing the Achievement Gap. Educational Leadership. Volume No 6.

Johnson, S. (1998). Who Moved My Cheese. Prentice-Hall: New York.

Katzer, J., Cook, K., Crouch, W. (1998). Evaluating information: A guide for users of social science research, McGraw Hill, Inc.

Leedy, P.D. & Ormrod, J.E. (1985). Practical research planning and design (7th Edition).  Upper Saddle River, NJ; Merrill Prentice Hill.

Lewicki, R.J., Litterer, J.A., Minton, J.W. & Saunders, D.M. (1994). Negotiation (2nd edition). Bur Ridge, IL: Irwin.

Marzano, R., Waters, T. & McNulty, B. (2005). School Leadership that Works.  ASCD, Alexandria, VA.

National Association of Secondary School Principals. (2004). Breaking Ranks II: Strategies for Leading High School Reform. Providence, RI: The Education Alliance.

Ruddell, R. & Unrau, N.J. (2004). Theoretical Models and Processes of Reading. Newark, DE.

Senge, P. (1994) The Fifth discipline, New York: Doubleday 

Senge, P. (2000) Schools that learn, New York: Doubleday

Sergiovanni, T.J. (1995). The principalship: A reflective practice perspective (Third edition).  Needham Heights, MA; Allyn and Bacon.

Shafritz, J.M, & Ott, J.S. (2001). Classics of Organization Theory. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Sinatra, R. (2003). Word recognition and vocabulary understanding for literacy success. Norwood, MA.

Spear, S. & Bowen, H. K. (1999) “Decoding the DNA of the Toyota production system.” Harvard Business Review. Pp. 97-105

Stone, D. (1997). The policy paradox. New York: Norton and Co.

Swanson, A. D. & King, R. A. (1997). School Finance: Its Economics and Politics. New York, Longman Publishers.

Zmuda, A., Kuklis, R., Kline, E. (2004). Transforming schools. Alexandria, VA.

Coursework from this doctoral program can be broken down into three categories.   For a further breakdown, visit the learner page.

Research Plans

Link to possible dissertation topic