Provides a behind-the-scenes look at how superintendants are selected, including an assessment of how non-traditional candidates fare

Introduction PART ONE: DEMYSTIFYING SELECTION PRACTICES How Do School Boards Prepare for the Search? What Is Recruiting and Interviewing Candidates All About? How Are Hiring and Powerbrokering Related? PART TWO: PREVENTING AND PROMOTING ADVANCEMENT What Do Sex and Color Have to Do With It? Whare Are the Biases? How Do Consultants and School Boards Help? How Can You Get the Most Out of the Network? Conclusions

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