...Audrey Addi-Raccah; Noa Friedman Purpose Parents’ collective involvement in their children’s education takes the form of holding leadership positions in schools. Employing the concept of liminality, which is used in anthropological and sociological approaches, the purpose of this paper...

...” conventional structures and reorient them toward equitable collaboration and educational justice. Social implications This study contributes to a body of critical scholarship on “turnaround” reform efforts in urban secondary schools and suggests ways to reshape decision making, leadership, parent...

... and buffering practices. Findings All principals described elements of the new evaluation policy as inefficient, incalculable, or unpredictable – hallmarks of hyperrationality. Principals brokered efficiency by designing schoolwide parent goals and centralizing procedures; brokered transparency...

...Chung‐Kai Li; Chia‐Hung Hung Purpose This study aims to examine the relations between teachers' perception of parental involvement and teacher satisfaction. It further aims to investigate how this relationship may be moderated by interpersonal personality traits. Design/methodology/approach...

...Viviane M.J. Robinson; Deidre M. Le Fevre Purpose Positively engaging parents who have concerns about their children's schooling is a key part of effective educational leadership. The purpose of this paper is to use empirical research on complaint interactions and interpersonal effectiveness...

...Chung‐Kai Li; Chia‐Hung Hung Purpose This paper aims to investigate how marketing tactics can enhance parents' loyalty in the educational context. Building on extant research, it proposes an integrated framework in which perceived marketing tactics are related to school image, which in turn...

...Ori Eyal Purpose By exploring the unique networks of parents, this paper attempts to shed light on the assumptions of social capital theory, showing the advantages of combining bonding and bridging social capital for educational entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach This paper focuses...

...Barry A. Friedman; Paula E. Bobrowski; Dana Markow Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify factors of parent satisfaction, then identify predictors of overall school satisfaction among three groups of variables: district characteristics, parent demographics, and school satisfaction...

...Barry A. Friedman; Paula E. Bobrowski; John Geraci Purpose Parent satisfaction with their children's school is an important issue in today's competitive educational environment characterized by school choice and government standards; however, few empirical studies address school satisfaction...

...Patrick B. Forsyth; Laura L.B. Barnes; Curt M. Adams Purpose To investigate the consequences of relational trust, especially parent measured trust, for desirable school outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Using a US Midwestern state sample of 79 schools, parent and teacher trust data...

... completed research on school‐based interactions between school principals and parent advocates engaged in negotiating the educational needs of students with exceptionalities. Parent advocates were found to intentionally use democratic process to promote value confrontations and conflicts as a deliberate...

...Lindy Zaretsky Reports the findings of a qualitative study investigating the interactions relating to special education between principals and parent advocates. Specifically focuses on variations in perspectives among the principals and parent advocates on disability, special education...