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Portfolio District Reform Meets School Turnaround: Early Implementation Findings from the Los Angeles Public School Choice Initiative
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Marsh, Julie A.; Strunk, Katharine O.; Bush, Susan – Journal of Educational Administration, 2013
Purpose: Despite the popularity of school "turnaround" and "portfolio district" management as solutions to low performance, there has been limited research on these strategies. The purpose of this paper is to address this gap by exploring the strategic case of Los Angeles Unified School District's Public School Choice…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Mixed Methods Research, School Districts, Educational Change
School-Based Management Developments: Challenges and Impacts
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Bandur, Agustinus – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the current school-based management (SBM) policy reform in Indonesia, with an emphasis on the impacts of shifting authority and responsibility to school level, as well as challenges confronted by the school council members, followed by remedial measures to minimize the problems.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Stakeholders, Teaching Methods, Cultural Context
The Evolving Role of American Principals: From Managerial to Instructional to Transformational Leaders.
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Hallinger, Philip – Journal of Educational Administration, 1992
Analyzes the evolving U.S. principalship between 1960 and the present, focusing on three influential roles: program manager, instructional leader, and transformational leader. Assesses these roles in light of contextual changes, particularly developments in national and state educational policy. Unfortunately, a strong administrative leader image…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Context Effect, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Devolution of Responsibility to Queensland Schools: Clarifying the Rhetoric, Critiquing the Reality.
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Burke, Clarrie – Journal of Educational Administration, 1992
Examines the emergence and early implementation stages of Queensland (Australia) Education Department's policy for devolving responsibility to state schools. Clarifies the department's rhetoric in developing and promoting its decentralization policy; examines policy efficacy at the "school face" level; explores possible policy outcomes,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decentralization, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education