...Christine M. Neumerski; Maxwell M. Yurkofsky Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine dilemmas in a district–university partnership that used network improvement communities (NIC) as a levers for systems change after COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach We draw on observations...

...Mary F. Jones; Julie Dallavis Purpose Research shows data-informed leadership matters for school improvement and student achievement, but less is known about what motivates leaders’ data use toward such outcomes, particularly in the Catholic school context. Design/methodology/approach...

...Molly F. Gordon; Holly Hart Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide concrete examples of what leadership behaviors and strategies look like in high-poverty urban schools in Chicago that are successful at improving student outcomes. The authors compared the strategies used by principals who...

...Coby V. Meyers; Bryan A. VanGronigen Purpose Limited research on root cause analysis exists in educational leadership. Accurately diagnosing and detailing root causes—the why—of organizational failure, as is relatively common in other fields, could improve principals' ability to devise...

...Linda Bendikson; Mark Broadwith; Tong Zhu; Frauke Meyer Purpose This article investigates goal pursuit practices in a sample of 31 New Zealand high schools. It examines goal knowledge of middle and senior leaders, the alignment of this knowledge and factors related to improvement. Design...

... and Ishimaru’s framework. We focus on the two practices most related to the function of principal supervision: Practice 2, developing organizational leadership for equity and Practice 4, supervising for improvement of equitable instruction. Guided by the literature, we shifted language...

... combination of supervision, support and space creates conditions favorable to successful educational leadership and school improvement? A third area of interaction is around the school inspection. In many states, the school supervisory authority does not carry out the school inspection itself...

...Pierre Tulowitzki Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how school principals in France spend their work time and when and under what circumstances they deal with school improvement-related matters. Design/methodology/approach – For the study presented in this paper, a combination...

... Implementation Improvement Legislation Organizational behaviour Principals Educators around the world are living in a period of almost unprecedented policy activism. State pressures for schools to be more publicly accountable for their results were observed in the USA by the end of the 1980s (Wills...

...Stephen Dinham; Frank Crowther; Jim Watterston; Brian Caldwell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review strategies to build capacity for school improvement in Australia. The focus is on public schools and strategies adopted for the system as a whole. Design/methodology/approach...

...Les Bell Strategic planning, in the form of school improvement planning, has become the dominant approach to school management in English schools. This has evolved from earlier forms of strategic planning and has significant inherent weaknesses that undermine the extent to which school improvement...

...Marie Brown; Desmond Rutherford In this paper we review current thinking on the role of the head of department in secondary schools which emphasises that theirs is the critical agency in school improvement. We go on to describe a two‐fold strategy for developing successful schools which requires...

... century, indeed from 1970 forward, represents a period of dramatic, transformational change. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Education Improvement Leadership Learning organizations Redesign Every few hundred years throughout Western history, a sharp transformation has occurred. In a matter...

... promulgated across three generations of reform: an intensification era of government actions to repair the existing school system, a restructuring era focused on improving educational organization and governance, and a reformation era blending standards and accountability mechanisms with citizen and consumer...