| Learning to Lead: What Gets Taught in Principal-Preparation Programs1 FM Hess, AP Kelly Teachers college record 109 (1), 244-274, 2007 | 847 | 2007 |
| Spinning wheels: The politics of urban school reform FM Hess Brookings Institution Press, 2011 | 819 | 2011 |
| School boards at the dawn of the 21st century: Conditions and challenges of district governance. FM Hess National School Boards Association, 1680 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, 2002 | 341 | 2002 |
| No child left behind primer FM Hess, MJ Petrilli Peter Lang, 2006 | 335 | 2006 |
| Tear down this wall: The case for a radical overhaul of teacher certification FM Hess Educational Horizons 80 (4), 169-183, 2002 | 271 | 2002 |
| An innovative look, a recalcitrant reality: The politics of principal preparation reform FM Hess, AP Kelly Educational policy 19 (1), 155-180, 2005 | 231 | 2005 |
| A license to lead? A new leadership agenda for America's schools. FM Hess Progressive Policy Institute, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Suite 400 …, 2003 | 226 | 2003 |
| Revolution at the margins: The impact of competition on urban school systems FM Hess Rowman & Littlefield, 2004 | 203 | 2004 |
| Common sense school reform FM Hess St. Martin's Press, 2015 | 194 | 2015 |
| School Boards Circa 2010: Governance in the Accountability Era. FM Hess, O Meeks Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2010 | 167 | 2010 |
| The accidental principal: what doesn't get taught at ed schools? FM Hess, AP Kelly Education Next 5 (3), 34-41, 2005 | 160 | 2005 |
| The same thing over and over: How school reformers get stuck in yesterday's ideas FM Hess Harvard University Press, 2010 | 150 | 2010 |
| A license to lead FM Hess A new leadership agenda for America’s schools 21, 2003 | 138 | 2003 |
| Minority teachers, minority students, and college matriculation: A new look at the role‐modeling hypothesis FM Hess, DL Leal Policy Studies Journal 25 (2), 235-248, 1997 | 136 | 1997 |
| With the best of intentions: How philanthropy is reshaping K-12 education FM Hess Harvard Education Press, 2005 | 119 | 2005 |
| A shrinking “digital divide”? The provision of classroom computers across urban school systems FM Hess, DL Leal Social Science Quarterly 82 (4), 765-778, 2001 | 115 | 2001 |
| Cage-busting leadership FM Hess Harvard Education Press, 2013 | 113 | 2013 |
| A Quality Teacher in Every Classroom? Appraising Old Answers and New Ideas F Hess, A Rotherham, K Walsh Harvard Education Press, 2004 | 108 | 2004 |
| Making civics count: Citizenship education for a new generation DE Campbell, M Levinson, FM Hess Harvard Education Press, 2012 | 107 | 2012 |
| Educational entrepreneurship: Realities, challenges, possibilities FM Hess Harvard Education Press, 2006 | 107 | 2006 |
