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Teachers' Capacity for Organizational Learning: The Effects of School Culture and Context
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Louis, Karen Seashore; Lee, Moosung – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2016
This paper investigates how key elements of school culture are associated with teachers' capacity to find and act on new information. We analyzed survey data from 3,579 teachers located in 117 schools which were a randomly selected sample from 9 states in the US. We found that school cultural components such as academic press, student support, and…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, School Culture, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Statistical Analysis
How Much of a Difference Do Principals Make? an Analysis of Between-Schools Variation in Academic Achievement in Hong Kong Public Secondary Schools
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Walker, Allan David; Lee, Moosung; Bryant, Darren A. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
This article aims to explain the role principals play in the variation in academic achievement between secondary schools in Hong Kong. The article draws on survey data from 179 key staff and 2,037 students from 42 schools. The study uses 2 analytical approaches. First, it employs classification and regression tree analysis (CART). This was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Principals, Administrator Role
Effects of Different-Race Exposure in School and Neighborhood on the Reading Achievement of Hmong Students in the United States
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Lee, Moosung; Lam, Beatrice Oi-Yeung; Madyun, Na'im – Urban Education, 2017
Based on analyses of 1,622 Hmong adolescents in a large urban school district, we illuminate a positive association between school different-race exposure and Hmong limited English proficient students' reading achievement. However, we also note a negative association of neighborhood different-race exposure with Hmong students from low…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Hmong People, Limited English Speaking, Adolescents
National Contexts Influencing Principals' Time Use and Allocation: Economic Development, Societal Culture, and Educational System
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Lee, Moosung; Hallinger, Philip – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2012
This study examines the impact of macro-context factors on the behavior of school principals. More specifically, the article illuminates how a nation's level of economic development, societal culture, and educational system influence the amount of time principals devote to their job role and shape their allocation of time to instructional…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Principals, Instructional Leadership, Economic Development
Contrasting Effects of Instructional Leadership Practices on Student Learning in a High Accountability Context
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Lee, Moosung; Walker, Allan; Chui, Yuk Ling – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of different dimensions of instructional leadership on student learning in Hong Kong secondary schools, whose broader institutional contexts are critically characterized by high accountability policy environments. Design/methodology/approach: This study utilizes standardized test scores…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Interaction Process Analysis, Standardized Tests, Educational Change
Neighborhood Ethnic Density as an Explanation for the Academic Achievement of Ethnic Minority Youth Placed in Neighborhood Disadvantage
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Madyun, Na'im; Lee, Moosung – Berkeley Review of Education, 2010
The underachievement of ethnic minority youth from disadvantaged neighborhoods is a pervasive educational issue this nation is facing. Based on an ecological perspective, we examined the contextual effects of neighborhood ethnic density and neighborhood disadvantage on the academic achievement of Hmong immigrant youths. Utilizing hierarchical…
Descriptors: Underachievement, Minority Group Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Context Effect