...) What are the organizational characteristics of the secondary schools headed women and on which characteristics are differences over time evident? © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Principals Women Situational leadership Distributed leadership United States of America...

... that include sufficient time and support to ensure understanding. Originality/value This paper begins to fill a gap in research on popular reform strategies for improving low‐performing schools. United States of America Educational administration Educational innovation Accountability School reform...

... and external events “in environments on which it depends for resources or legitimacy” (2008, p. 526). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 United States of America Schools Educational innovation Educational policy Change management Education reform School networks Accountability...

... Educational administration United States of America Research evidence Social network analysis Accountability policy District reform School improvement The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) enacted a series of large‐scale reforms targeted at eliminating the persistent achievement gap in US public...

... and support systems that exist in North America and in other regions of the world. Stephen E. Anderson can be contacted at: steve.anderson@utoronto.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 United States of America Educational policy Educational administration Schools Diversity...

..., Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development. Karen Seashore Louis can be contacted at: klouis@umn.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 United States of America Educational innovation Educational administration Educational policy School districts Local education...

... and decisions that should be considered. United States of America Educational policy Performance measurement Incentives Measurement Accountability Assessment The test‐based accountability reforms that have been enacted in the USA over the past few decades have had a profound effect...

... system? Educational administration Educational innovation Schools United States of America United Kingdom Global learning Global change Systemic reform Pressure to reform Educational reform In their exploration of the most improved school systems internationally that have continued...

... States of America A half‐century ago, theorists spoke of schools as “loosely coupled.” In spite of their apparently centralized structure, neither the superintendent's authority nor school board goals provided strong direction (Bidwell, 1965 ; Weick, 1976). Principals’ accountability to other...

... collaboration Data use Teachers United States of America Decision making Leadership Decades of research and practical knowledge have revealed that teacher collaboration and collegiality are essential ingredients in school improvement. Such studies have been conducted in Canada (Fullan, 2009...

... of Oklahoma. American schools Academic freedom Free speech American universities United States of America Schools Universities A quick glance at the title, Knowledge in the Making, might cause one to assume that this book deals with gaining wisdom in how to study or how to better...

... Organizational culture Academic optimism Collective responsibility Enabling school structure Collective efficacy Academic emphasis Academic achievement Taiwan Students United States of America Centralization is the hierarchy of authority that controls organizational decision making. The exercise...

... of multiple goals and school structures in the past century [2] ? © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Educational policy Educational innovation Education Innovation Teaching United States of America The path of educational progress more closely resembles the flight of a butterfly...

...). This definition is based on earlier work by Bandura (1986, 1993, 1997) on self‐efficacy and work by Tschannen‐Moran et al. (1998) on teacher efficacy. United States of America Primary schools Reading Trust Academic optimism Collective efficacy Academic emphasis Student achievement...

... Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Leadership Educational administration Principals Career planning To achieve great schools, we need great leaders, and calls for improvement have raised the stakes – and responsibilities – for those who work to lead our schools toward success...

... (Merleau Ponty, 1964 , quoted in Grosz, 1994, p. 87). United States of America Principals Educational administration Educational policy Embodiment Photovoice Principals have been placed in a precarious position within the governance structure that is becoming dominant across many...

... 2012 United States of America Schools Management accountability Ethics Integration Leadership Organizational culture Integrity is an emotionally charged word. […] Nevertheless, a breach of the system is precisely the terminology that applies to those situations in which the practice...

... of the school that constitute its accountability system: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Schools Urban areas Leadership Educational administration Policy Accountability In current policy discourse across national contexts, the term “accountability...

... with assessing them against age‐related benchmarks will have a different response to AYP targets for this categorical group than school leaders who do not share this belief. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Schools Leaders Leadership Educational policy...

... by pondering changes in school administrative practice in response to a changing institutional environment and suggesting some directions for cross‐national work. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Educational administration Schools Government policy Leadership...