I'm Shocked, Shocked—Well, a Bit Surprised—That the UCEA's Standing Behind Its "Enemies List"
by Frederick M. Hess • Oct 29, 2010 at 8:43 am
Cross-posted from Education Week
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As luck would have it, I'm down here in New Orleans, and the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) is holding its annual conference just a few blocks away. I'm even invited to a Saturday breakfast for an advisory board I sit on. This is all mildly ironic because, for those who read Tuesday's post on the "Enemies List" that ran in the most recent UCEA Review, I was deemed the fifth most significant enemy of public school leadership in the U.S. (For those who missed all this, check out Tuesday's RHSU post here and then UNC-Chapel Hill professor Fenwick English's article "The 10 Most Wanted Enemies of American Public Education's School Leadership.")
The significant thing about this is that English is a serious figure in the world of educational leadership. He's a former president of the UCEA and editor of the Encyclopedia of Educational Administration. The UCEA is the leading organization for the study of educational leadership; it includes about 80 university members, including
