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Da'as, Rima'a; 'Ali, Nohad – London Review of Education, 2021
This article discusses the implications of sociopolitical and cultural challenges and complexity on educational leaders' use of strategic thinking skills in divided societies, using the case of Israel, a deeply divided society with a hegemonic Jewish ethno-national state and Bedouins -- a subculture of the minority Arabs. In the suggested model,…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Thinking Skills, Principals, Migrants
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Gurr, David; Drysdale, Lawrie; Goode, Helen – Journal of Educational Administration, 2022
Purpose: Through description and consideration of 12 models developed as part of the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP), a new model of successful school leadership is developed. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is necessarily descriptive in nature. For the first time, 12 ISSPP models are described together, and…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, School Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Feedback (Response)
McCauley, Carlas; Cashman, Joanne – Center on School Turnaround at WestEd, 2018
As researchers, decision-makers, and practitioners focus on continuous improvement in education, local-level change is gaining importance. Yet, many local school improvement efforts fail to be fully implemented. Even those that are fully implemented often fail to sustain improvements because the schools are embedded in systems that face multiple…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Improvement, Stakeholders, School Districts
Fry-Ahearn, Betty; Collins, David – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2016
A grant from the School Leadership Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education during 2008-14 provided the opportunities and resources for SREB to bring together its cutting-edge knowledge base, field experience, and substantial bank of publications and training materials in the closely related fields of school improvement and school…
Descriptors: Principals, Low Achievement, Administrator Education, Educational Improvement
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Baker, Paul J. – Planning and Changing, 2011
This paper presents an array of structural configurations that invite new consideration of the necessary conditions for developing systemic school reform; first by reviewing the current literature, and then by examining thirty-six existing partnerships as structural configurations, an exploratory typology for the analysis of successful…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Systems Approach, College School Cooperation, Models
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Edlefson, Carla – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2010
A framework using concepts from systems theory, theories of power, and the garbage can model of decision-making was developed for the purpose of teaching aspiring school administrators to analyze situations using a political lens. The framework is demonstrated in an analysis of the process that led to Ohio's establishing a school facilities…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Educational Facilities, Models, Teachers
Travers, Jonathan; Christiansen, Barbara – Aspen Institute, 2010
There's a lot of work happening all over the country to "turnaround" schools. Federal stimulus programs, including Title 1 Improvement Grants and Race to the Top, have caused many states and school systems to focus on how to address schools trapped in a cycle of failure and "turn them around." On the school level, there are…
Descriptors: School Districts, Instructional Leadership, Educational Improvement, Systems Approach
US Department of Education, 2012
The Department has developed a Race to the Top program review process that not only addresses the Department's responsibilities for fiscal and programmatic oversight, but is designed to identify areas to differentiate support based on individual State needs, as well as certain topics where States can leverage work with each other and with experts…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
US Department of Education, 2012
This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of the District of Columbia's Year 1 Race to the Top implementation, highlighting successes and accomplishments, identifying challenges, and providing lessons learned from implementation to date. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) manages the District of Columbia…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
US Department of Education, 2012
This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of Delaware's Year 1 Race to the Top implementation, highlighting successes and accomplishments, identifying challenges, and providing lessons learned from implementation to date. Delaware created new structures at the State level to support both State and LEA (local education agency) Race…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
US Department of Education, 2012
This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of Florida's Year 1 Race to the Top implementation, highlighting successes and accomplishments, identifying challenges, and providing lessons learned from implementation to date. Florida received a Race to the Top award in September 2010 as part of Phase 2 of the Race to the Top…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
US Department of Education, 2012
This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of Georgia's Year 1 Race to the Top implementation, highlighting successes and accomplishments, identifying challenges, and providing lessons learned from implementation to date. Georgia's first-year accomplishments include awarding the State's first five Race to the Top Innovation Fund…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
US Department of Education, 2012
This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of Hawaii's Year 1 Race to the Top implementation, highlighting successes and accomplishments, identifying challenges, and providing lessons learned from implementation to date. This past year, Hawaii significantly improved collaboration among the Governor's Office, the HIDOE (Hawaii…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
US Department of Education, 2012
The State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of Massachusetts' Year 1 Race to the Top implementation, highlighting successes and accomplishments, identifying challenges, and providing lessons learned from implementation to date. Massachusetts' Year 1 accomplishments include: capacity building within its Department of Elementary and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
US Department of Education, 2012
This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of Maryland's Year 1 Race to the Top implementation, highlighting successes and accomplishments, identifying challenges, and providing lessons learned from implementation to date. Maryland's Year 1 accomplishments include critical capacity-building at the Maryland State Department of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
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