The American School Superintendent.

In The American School Superintendent, Gene Carter and William Cunningham have crafted an administrative blueprint for the superintendency of the 1990s, replete with case studies, charts and discussions of conflict and change.

Carter is executive director of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development an Cunningham is a professor of educational leadership at Old Dominion University.

Tracing the roots of the superintendency from clerical functions to that of a master educator, the authors focus on today's role--that of expert manager. From the four B's of bonds, buses, budgets and buildings to harnessing technology for educational applications, they portray a role that confronts daily crises, many of them fiscal in nature.

The authors cite the experiences of 43 superintendents to offer first-hand details of the realities of the superintendency. The case studies throughout the book humanize t e tapestry of this demanding role, and the direct link they offer to primary sources prevents any filtering of the issues.

This is a book about the nuts and bolts of the American superintendency. It is an essential resource for the practicing and aspiring superintendent.

(The American School Superintendent: Leading in an Age of Pressure, by Gene R. Carter and William G. Cunningham, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997, 278 pp. with index, 25.25 hardcover. Available from AASA Distribution Center, Stock #715-SA, see above)