The purpose of this study was to redress the paucity of research regarding superintendents and their role in implementing parent and community involvement policies. Another aim was to examine which types of parent and community involvement practices, if any, may be related to student achievement. A mixed methods inquiry was applied. The Measure of…

Since the introduction of computers into the public school arena over forty years ago, educators have been convinced that the integration of computer technology into the public school classroom will transform education. Joining educators are state and federal governments. Public schools and others involved in the process of computer technology…

The purpose of this study was to examine the existence and implications of relational aggression toward female educational administrators. This qualitative study examined the impacts of relational aggression toward ten female superintendents, their observations of relational aggression in the workplace, strategies to overcome relational…

No Child Left Behind has increased the demand for evidence of student achievement in America's public schools. As a result, the importance of the role of superintendent as instructional leader has increased. Some superintendents have responded to this demand by mandating that principals increase their presence in classrooms; yet, research on…

With an emphasis on the role of local school administrators, this study focused on a change model for occupational education programs involving: (1) motivation, (2) structure and authority, (3) goal development, (4) resources, (5) mobilization, and (6) outcomes. The study, based on interviews with 23 public school superintendents, revealed that…

Presents case histories of four fictitious superintendents to exemplify a few personal characteristics that can lead to failure. (Author/IRT)

School superintendents and assistant superintendents discuss the stress of their jobs and the ways in which they cope with that stress. (IRT)

This report begins with background information on the demographic changes affecting Wyoming public education. Following that, there is a short section on the methodology used for this report. The next section provides a general description of the principal and superintendent workforces, which is followed by a short section on leader certification.…

This report presents data from a survey of all 102 Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) member districts and the nation's 50 largest cities that examined the length of service of current superintendents and tenure of their predecessors between 1985 and June 2000. The average tenure for superintendents who had recently left their positions…

The superintendent of West Bloomfield schools (Orchard Lake, Michigan) finds that the hours he spends visiting and teaching classes have the highest rate of return (on a cost-benefit basis) of any single activity. (Author/WM)

To govern the schools well in today's climate of confrontation and conflict, school board members must be ready and willing to make unpopular decisions when necessary. (Author)