Recent Publications
Recent Books
- Hoy, W. K. (2010). Quantitative research in education: A primer. Los Angeles: Sage.
- Hoy, A. W., & Hoy, W. K. (2009). Instructional leadership: A learning-centered guide for principals, 3rd edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
- Hoy, W. K. & Tarter, C. J. (2008). Administrators solving the problems of practice: Decision-making cases, concepts, and consequence, 3rd edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
- Hoy, W. K. & Miskel, C. G. (2008). Educational administration: Theory, research, and practice, 8th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- DiPaola, M. & Hoy, W. K. (2008). Principals improving instruction: Supervision, evaluation, and professional development. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Recent Edited Books
- Hoy, W. K. & DiPaola, M. (2010). Analyzing school contexts: Influences of principals and teachers in the service of students. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.
- Hoy, W. K. & DiPaola, M. (2009). Studies in leadership and school improvement. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.
- Hoy, W. K. & DiPaola, M. (2008). Improving schools: Studies in leadership and culture. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.
- Hoy, W. K. & DiPaola, M. (2007). Essential ideas for the reform of American schools. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.
- Hoy, W. K. & Miskel, C. G. (2006). Contemporary issues in educational policy and school outcomes. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.
- Hoy, W. K. & Miskel, C. G. (2005). Educational leadership and reform. Greenwich, CT: Information Age
- Hoy, W. K. & Miskel, C. G. (2004). Educational organizations, policy and reform: Research and measurement. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.
- Hoy, W. K. & Miskel, C. G. (2003). Studies in leading and organizing schools. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.
Recent Articles
- Beard, K. S., Hoy, W. K., & Hoy, A. W. (in press). Academic optimism of individual teachers: Confirming a new construct. Teaching and Teacher Education.
- Hoy, W. K., & Tarter, C. J. (2010). Swift and smart decision making: Heuristics that work. The International Journal of Education Management.
- Hoy, A. W., Hoy, W. K., & Kurtz, N. M. (2008). Teacher's academic optimism: the development and test of a new construct. Teaching and Teacher Education, 24, 821-832.
- Smith, P. A., & Hoy, W. K. (2007). Academic optimism and student achievement in urban elementary schools. Journal of Educational Administration, 45, 556-568.
- Hoy, W. K., & Smith, P. A. (2007). Influence: A key to successful leadership. The International Journal of Educational Management, 21, 158-167.
- Hoy, W. K., Tarter, C. J., & Woolfolk Hoy, A. (2006). Academic optimism of schools: A force for student achievement. American Educational Research Journal, 43, 425-446.
- McGuigan, L. & Hoy, W. K. (2006). Principal Leadership: Creating a Culture of Academic Optimism to Improve Achievement for All Students. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 5, 203-229.
- Hoy, W. K., Gage, Q. & Tarter, C, J. (2006). School mindfulness and faculty trust: Necessary conditions for each other? Educational Administration Quarterly, 42, 236-255.
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