IMPROVING SCHOOLS: Studies in Leadership and Culture

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-03-17
Publisher(s): Information Age Pub Inc
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Table of Contents

Preface
The Empirical Consequences of School Trustp. 1
Building Trust in Schools: A Review of the Empirical Evidencep. 29
Evaluating the Culture of High Schools in Relation to Their Demographic Characteristics and Performancep. 55
Defining, Measuring, and Validating Teacher and Collective Responsibilityp. 73
Systems Thinking and Culture Change in Urban School Districtsp. 99
Measuring District Climatep. 117
U-Turn Required: How Virginia's First School Turnaround Specialists are Meeting the Challenges of Improving Low- Performing Schoolsp. 137
Encouraging Teacher Leadersp. 169
Curriculum and Instruction Policy in the Context of Multiple Accountabilitiesp. 193
African American Female Superintendents Speaking the Language of Hope: Reconstructing the Multi-Dimensions of Passionp. 223
Charter Schools, Communities, and Local Newspapers: New Questions to Examinep. 251
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