Improving schools : studies in leadership and culture /

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Imprint:[Charlotte, N.C.] : Information Age Pub., ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Research and theory in educational administration
Research and theory in educational administration.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11185347
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Other authors / contributors:Hoy, Wayne K.
DiPaola, Michael F., 1947-
ISBN:9781607526513
1607526514
9781593119126
9781593119119
1593119119
1593119127
6611412727
9786611412722
Notes:Title from title screen.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Other form:Print version: Improving schools. [Charlotte, N.C.] : Information Age Pub., ©2008
Table of Contents:
  • Empirical consequences of school trust / Patrick B. Forsyth
  • Building trust in schools : a review of the empirical evidence / Curt M. Adams
  • Evaluating the culture of high schools in relation to their demographic characteristics and performance / Theodore J. Kowalski and Kathleen Hermann
  • Defining, measuring, and validating teacher and collective responsibility / Laura LoGerfo and Roger Goddard
  • Systems thinking and culture change in urban school districts / Leigh McGuigan
  • Measuring district climate / Michael DiPaola and Kathleen Smith
  • U-turn required : how Virginia's first school turnaround specialists are meeting the challenges of improving low-performing schools / Daniel L. Duke [and others]
  • Encouraging teacher leaders / Marc A.L. Shelton, Virginia Davidhizar Birky, and W. Scot Headley
  • Curriculum and instruction policy in the context of multiple accountabilities / Jason P. Nance and Helen M. Marks
  • African American female superintendents speaking the language of hope : reconstructing the multi-dimensions of passion / Juanita Cleaver Simmons and W. Yvonne Johnson
  • Charter schools, communities, and local newspapers : new questions to examine / Ann Allen and Dwan V. Robinson.