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Preyear, Loukisha – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this qualitative multi-site case study was to explore the impact of principals' leadership styles on student academic achievement in a high-poverty low-performing school district in Louisiana. A total of 17 participants, principals and teachers, from this school district were used in this study. Data source triangulation of…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, School Districts, Poverty
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Heilbrunn, Sibylle – International Education Studies, 2010
The aim of the paper is to introduce an experimental entrepreneurial elementary school in Israel. In addition to describing the organizational process of transformation from a conventional elementary school to an entrepreneurial school, the paper attempts to assess the impact of the process on teachers and pupils. The study investigates…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Elementary Schools, Experimental Schools, Case Studies
Donnelly, Sean Niles – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This embedded multiple-case study addressed the lack of qualitative research on the contributions of principal leadership behaviors and organizational routines in Montana's distinguished Title I schools. This study was guided by the research question, "How do principal leadership behaviors and organizational routines contribute to the high…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Principals, Leadership, Administrator Behavior
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Barkol, Rina – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2006
The aim of this article is to attain insight into the issues of empowerment and motivation in principalship in general and in feminine leadership at schools in particular. It presents a case study of a woman principal who "bred" 12 principals during 12 years of principalship, most of them in her last 5 years on the job, in the middle of…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Leadership, Principals
Davies, Peter – 2002
The changing face of further education (FE) college governance in England and Wales was examined in a study that included the following activities: (1) a survey of 447 FE colleges across England and Wales (response rate, 55%) to identify the composition and operation of governing bodies, proposed changes, perceived developmental needs; and areas…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Behavior, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness