That school children should be seen and not heard seems a commonly held view among school administrators and researchers. This paper reports on children's views of various aspects of school organisation and administration and their suggestions for change within schools. The views expressed by these children indicate that administrators are failing to avail themselves of a valuable asset in problem-solving in school administration and organisation. The paper also discusses the implications of the children's views for school administration.

The book Educative Leadership is based on an Australian project the Educative Leadership Project, which was designed and implemented by the editors. The project's main purpose was to address the need to redefine educational leadership. The editors advise against the indiscriminate transfer of the processes and findings, but submit that their approach could generate socio-politically specific answers to the important question of what is “good” or “excellent” educational leadership.