The job of the school principal has become much more complex and demanding over the past several decades. Many university-based principal preparation programs--which prepare the majority of school principals--have struggled with how to make the fundamental changes needed to prepare principals for today's schools. To test a path forward, The…

Critical consciousness is a crucial component of social justice leadership. This quantitative research focused on the perceptions of social justice leadership of principals and assistant principals in Central Appalachia as measured by the Social Justice Leadership Questionnaire (SJQ2). The research was inspired by the theoretical framework of the…

Community colleges constitute a special type of higher education organization: their complex mission, dynamics, personnel structures, and values require a distinct set of understandings and skills to lead and manage them well. Most of the research on leadership in community colleges focuses on leaders in positions of power (presidents, provosts,…

Since the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) launched the Voluntary Framework of Accountability (VFA) in 2011, accountability measures have sprung up in just about every corner of higher education. There is the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the National Governors Association's Complete to Compete program,…

Almost three-fourths of the American public has lost confidence in the nation's schools, but the recent passage of the Proposition 30 shows that the majority of voters in California hold on to their hope for their schools. School administrators need to build on that vote of confidence, starting at the local level, so they can help the public…

This article challenges policymakers, school leaders, and teachers to implement wide-scale and systematic teaching of character education in every classroom. In support of the idea that student character development should be a priority in all classes, I explain that youth need "decision-filters" to negotiate life's challenges. Further,…

A TEAM-TEACHING EXPERIMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH AND OBSERVATIONS IN THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY PLANNERS WERE PRESENTED. ALSO PROMOTION OF MORE EFFECTIVE ABILITY GROUPING AND THE IMPROVEMENT AND ECONOMIZING OF INSTRUCTION WERE EXPLORED. THE CLASSES IN THE STUDY WERE A JUNIOR AND A SENIOR ENGLISH CLASS. EACH HAD 80 STUDENTS, AND EACH WAS COMPOSED…

This research examined how three elementary school principals conceptualized within the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) of 1990 the development of teacher leaders. Two major criteria were used to select these principals: (a) their schools had continuous student achievement for three consecutive biennia despite high levels of student poverty;…

This report explores the true position of public libraries today, in the minds not only of library users, but of the people who run libraries and those who provide oversight and funding. This study is the first step in the development of a national agenda for libraries and library funding in the 21st century. Findings from this study indicate…

This handbook is designed to aid teacher advisors in organizing and operating a chapter of Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) in Kentucky high schools. The handbook consists of 15 chapters covering the following topics: background and purpose of HOSA; organizational structure; organizing a chapter; membership and leadership;…