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Stemper, Samuel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation includes three essays in the field of economics of education. The first essay estimates the effect of top school management on student achievement in America. I use newly-collected data on the tenures of school district superintendents--the highest-ranking executive in U.S. school districts--to estimate the impact of individual…
Descriptors: Economics, Superintendents, Scores, Administrator Effectiveness
Lasker, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to follow 1 principal's journey to assist the district in its reconfiguration goals, and help the school change through deep examination of district personnel's and parents' perceptions of the change process. This was done by acknowledging distinctions and differences between junior…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Junior High Schools, School Restructuring, Educational Change