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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220125703321

Titolo

Improving school leadership : the promise of cohesive leadership systems / / Catherine H. Augustine ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2009

ISBN

0-8330-4917-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AugustineCatherine H. <1968->

Disciplina

371.200973

Soggetti

Educational leadership - United States

School management and organization - United States

Educational change - United States

School principals - United States

Public schools - United States

Education and state - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE - Introduction; CHAPTER TWO - Data Sources and Analytic Approach; CHAPTER THREE - Policies and Initiatives Taken to Improve Leadership; CHAPTER FOUR - Variations in State and District Roles in Improving School Leadership; CHAPTER FIVE - Building Cohesion Across Policies and Initiatives; CHAPTER SIX - Effective Strategies for System-Building; CHAPTER SEVEN - Prospects for Sustainability; CHAPTER EIGHT - Support for the CLS Hypothesis; CHAPTER NINE - Recommendations

APPENDIX A - Background Information on Study States and DistrictsAPPENDIX B - Indicators of Leadership Policy Initiatives, Factors of Cohesion, Conditions, and Effective Leadership Practices; APPENDIX C - Principal Survey Technical Notes; APPENDIX D - Principal End-of-Day-Log Technical Notes; APPENDIX E - Index Construction for the Analyses in Chapter Eight; APPENDIX F - Methodology and Elaborated Results for Analyses inChapter Eight; References

Sommario/riassunto

This study documents actions of Wallace Foundation grantees to create more-cohesive policies and initiatives to improve instructional



leadership in schools; describes how states and districts have worked together to forge such policies and initiatives; and examines the hypothesis that cohesive systems improve school leadership. Such efforts appear to be a promising approach to developing school principals engaged in improving instruction.