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Schifter, Deborah; Granofsky, Burt – Principal, 2012
Full implementation of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics is still a few years away for many states. But district and school leaders are faced with many decisions now--from curriculum adoption to teacher professional development--that will influence the long-term effectiveness of this bold initiative. School leaders have a significant…
Descriptors: State Standards, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education
Manwaring, Robert – Principal, 2011
Reform efforts require stakeholder support, but more importantly, a strong leader to see them through. In this article, the author addresses the importance of strong leadership and the role of principals in effecting change. He describes the success story of Harborside Elementary School in Chula Vista, California as one of a growing group of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Program Implementation, Success
Protheroe, Nancy – Principal, 2010
Data use and decision-making--these two phrases have appeared together in probably hundreds of education articles and have been the topic of a host of presentations during the past decade. In addition, research studies have confirmed the importance of data-informed decision-making to school improvement. Thus, school leaders have found it makes…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Effective Schools Research, Use Studies
Solomon, Gloria – Principal, 1985
Describes the implementation of an elementary school writing program that motivates students by allowing them to write about their own interests and by encouraging them to comment on each other's works. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Program Implementation, Student Motivation
Caldwell, Bettye – Principal, 1992
After 10 years of operating early childhood programs, an education professor became an elementary school principal while designing a school to serve socially disadvantaged children. Herself disadvantaged by lack of certification and training, Caldwell discovered the fallacy of top-down reform efforts, the chasm between theory development and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Principals