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Johnson, Lauri; Moller, Jorunn; Jacobson, Stephen L.; Wong, Kam Cheung – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2008
This article provides a cross-national perspective on successful school principalship in three countries derived from an analysis of case studies in the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP). The ISSPP aims to investigate the characteristics, processes and effects of successful school leadership across eight countries (i.e.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Caldwell, Brian L. – 1993
In 1991 Australia's National Industry Education Forum released a policy statement that suggested ways to improve Australian schools. This report, an outgrowth of that statement, contains a blueprint for the decentralization of management for Australian schools. Studies were undertaken in 11 companies to draw lessons from business and industry.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Centralization, Decentralization, Educational Policy
Duttweiler, Patricia Cloud – Insights on Educational Policy and Practice, 1988
The "first wave" of educational reform has applied "top-down" mandates to raise standards and ensure accountability. These reform strategies often fail because they ignore the necessity of changing people's behavior and the everyday realities confronting schools. According to 16 superintendents participating in the National…
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavior Change, Centralization, Change Strategies