June 1999The Triumphant SuperintendentThe job's shining moments arise from visionary leadership
by NATHAN L. ESSEX
An educational law expert offers 10 guidelines for how to maintain safe schools without trampling on the constitutional rights of disruptive students. Nathan Essex is a professor of educational law and educational leadership and dean of the College of Education at University of Memphis, Memphis, Tenn.
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