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Hanson, Janet; Bangert, Arthur; Ruff, William – Journal of Educational Issues, 2016
According to school growth mindset theory a school's organizational structure influences teachers' beliefs in their collective ability to help all students grow and learn; including those from diverse cultural, religious, identity, and socioeconomic demographics. The implicit theory of growth mindset has been quantified for a school's culture on…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Beliefs, Administrative Organization, Organizational Climate
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Bowers, Alex J. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2008
This paper compares two celebrated studies--New York City Community School District 2 (Elmore & Burney, 1999), and "Good to Great" (Collins, 2001), which examined sustained success in American corporations--to the case of a single high-performing school district. The question of interest concerns how school districts achieve and…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Change, School Effectiveness, Organizational Development