Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820–1980 is a history book by David Tyack and Elisabeth Hansot. Its first two sections discuss American educational leadership in the common school and Progressive eras, and its last part discusses the subsequent decline in school leader authority and public confidence.
Beezer, Bruce (1983). "Review of Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820-1890". Journal of Thought. 18 (4): 117–119. ISSN0022-5231. JSTOR42589038.
Calam, John (1984). "Review of Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820- 1980". The Journal of Educational Thought. 18 (2): 115–116. ISSN0022-0701. JSTOR23767825.
Astuto, Terry A. (1987). "Review of Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820-1980". Administrative Science Quarterly. 32 (1): 138–139. doi:10.2307/2392750. ISSN0001-8392. JSTOR2392750.
Hamilton, Konrad (1983). "Review of Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820-1980". The Public Historian. 5 (2): 120–121. doi:10.2307/3377262. ISSN0272-3433. JSTOR3377262.
Levin, Henry M. (1982). "Review of Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820-1980". Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 2 (1): 128. doi:10.2307/3323663. ISSN0276-8739. JSTOR3323663.
Wirt, Frederick M. (1983). "Review of Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820-1980". The American Political Science Review. 77 (4): 1058–1059. doi:10.2307/1957615. ISSN0003-0554. JSTOR1957615.