Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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School Culture Checklist |
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ELCC Standards |
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Case Study 1 Buchanan Middle School: Can School Culture Get Better Than This? |
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Chapter 1 Defining and Specifying the Significance of School Culture |
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The Larger Concept of "Culture" |
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Defining and Describing the Concept of "Culture" |
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Applying the Concept of Culture to Schools: What is School Culture? |
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12 | (8) |
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Failure of Contemporary Education Reforms and the Regrettable Absence of a Concern for a Coherent and Productive School "Culture" |
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Why have Reform Efforts Proved to Be Unproductive? |
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The Special Case of High Schools |
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19 | (1) |
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Making the Transition to a High-Performing School Culture |
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Exploring What is Known Empirically About "Turnarounds" |
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Empirical Findings on Effective School Culture Components |
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21 | (7) |
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Distilling What Matters Operationally |
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28 | (2) |
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Pulling it All Together for Discussion |
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32 | (2) |
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Case Study 2 Possible Reform at Washington High School: How Far Can a Productive Culture Stretch? |
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Chapter 2 Components of a High-Performing School Culture |
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Forces Influencing the Construction and Enhancement of a High-Performing School Culture |
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40 | (7) |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (2) |
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Components of an Effective School Culture |
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Rigorous and Aligned Curriculum |
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48 | (3) |
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51 | (3) |
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Personalized Learning Connections |
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54 | (3) |
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57 | (1) |
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Connections to External Communities |
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57 | (3) |
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Learning-Centered Leadership |
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60 | (1) |
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Articulating a Vision and Gaining Support for a Successful School Culture |
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61 | (7) |
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Creating a Vision of a Successful School Culture |
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61 | (3) |
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64 | (4) |
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68 | (1) |
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68 | (4) |
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Case Study 3 Walton Charter Prepares to Select a Head: What Kind of Leader Might Best Create a Productive Culture? |
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Chapter 3 Leadership and Effective School Culture |
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77 | (29) |
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78 | (1) |
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Shaping and Continually Reshaping One's Leadership Style in Order to Nurture an Effective School Culture |
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79 | (6) |
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What is Leadership Style? |
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79 | (3) |
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Self-Consciously Constructing a Leadership Style |
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82 | (3) |
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Constructing Professional Philosophies |
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85 | (1) |
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Questions Illustrative of One's Philosophy of Education, Views of School Culture and Instruction, and Management |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (4) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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Instilling PRIDE: Putting Life Into Practical Priorities |
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90 | (7) |
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90 | (1) |
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Resources: People, Money, and Time |
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91 | (5) |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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Communicating Purposes, Creating Impressions, Confronting Conflict |
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97 | (4) |
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97 | (2) |
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Influencing Follower Impressions |
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99 | (1) |
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Vectors of Personal Impression (Initial and Lasting) Amenable to Influence |
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100 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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Leader Ethics and Consistent Behavior |
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101 | (1) |
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The Unsung Significance of Predictable Leader Behavior |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (3) |
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Case Study 4 Warren County School Board Performance Pay Cram Down: Can a Productive Culture Withstand an Unexpected External Pressure? |
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106 | (29) |
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Chapter 4 Personnel and School Culture |
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113 | (22) |
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114 | (1) |
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Identifying, Recruiting, Selecting, and Continually Developing Effective Teachers |
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114 | (11) |
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114 | (1) |
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Selecting From Among Applicants |
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115 | (5) |
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Persuading a Highly Qualified Candidate to Accept a Position |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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Motivating Teachers and Others |
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122 | (3) |
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Ensuring Effective Staff Performance |
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125 | (8) |
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127 | (3) |
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Rewarding Staff Symbolically and Ceremonially |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (1) |
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Case Study 5 The Challenge of an (Almost) Brand-New School: Can the Past Be Blended with the New to Form a Productive Culture? |
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135 | (28) |
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Chapter 5 Resource Deployment and School Culture |
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139 | (24) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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An Investment Mentality Regarding Allocating Resources (and Rewards) |
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141 | (3) |
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Resources (and Related Rewards) to Be Considered |
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144 | (5) |
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145 | (3) |
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148 | (1) |
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A Primer on Conventional School District Budgeting |
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149 | (1) |
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Identifying Added Material Resources |
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150 | (9) |
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Reaping Discretionary-Spending Dividends From Presently Inefficient Practices |
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151 | (3) |
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Milking Intradistrict Financial Inequities to Advantage Low-Achieving Schools |
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154 | (2) |
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Repurposing Spending to Elevate Academic Achievement |
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156 | (3) |
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Crucial Nature of Performance and Program Evaluations in Determining Targets for Resource Reallocation and Continually Assessing Return on Resource Investment |
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159 | (1) |
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Where to Invest Discretionary Resources |
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159 | (2) |
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Performance Effectiveness and Related Data Systems |
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159 | (1) |
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Teacher Effectiveness and Remediation |
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160 | (1) |
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Technology as an Investment Target |
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160 | (1) |
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Dysfunctional Resource Allocation Paths to Avoid |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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Case Study 6 Data, Data Everywhere but Hardly a Drop of Useful Information |
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Chapter 6 Data-Driven Decision Making and School Culture |
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169 | (32) |
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170 | (2) |
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Strategic Approaches to Decision Making in Education |
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172 | (4) |
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173 | (1) |
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Focus Efforts and Monitor Progress |
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173 | (1) |
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Meet Accountability Requirements |
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174 | (1) |
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Build Community Through Organizational Learning |
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175 | (1) |
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Systematic Collection and Use of School Data |
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176 | (22) |
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Data Leadership Team Appropriately Supported |
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177 | (3) |
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Purposeful Data Collection and Analysis |
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180 | (6) |
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Crafting a Data-Based Plan to Enhance Practice |
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186 | (5) |
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Analyzing Data Integral to School Effectiveness |
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191 | (7) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (2) |
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Case Study 7 "My Way" Ray and the "New" Accountability |
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201 | (21) |
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Chapter 7 Measurement, Performance Accountability, and Reward Structures |
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205 | (17) |
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206 | (1) |
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Contemporary Evolution of Accountability as a School Management Idea |
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206 | (3) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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No Child Left Behind (NCLB) |
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208 | (1) |
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Performance Measurements: Issues Regarding External Influences |
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209 | (1) |
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Approaches to Measuring Student and Educator Effectiveness |
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210 | (5) |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (2) |
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Aligning Performance Measurement with Personnel Incentives |
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215 | (2) |
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What to Do When Performance Lags Expectations? |
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217 | (2) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (3) |
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Case Study 8 A Principal Opening at the Grant School: Can a Dysfunctional Culture Be Undone? |
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222 | (27) |
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Chapter 8 Contextual Challenges Confronting the Formation of a Learning Culture |
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227 | (22) |
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228 | (1) |
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An Extensive and Sometimes Conflicting Distribution of Authority |
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229 | (3) |
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From Where Did Such Decentralization Come? |
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230 | (2) |
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A Pervasive Political Overlay |
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232 | (1) |
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Mitigating Centripetal Forces |
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233 | (1) |
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Characterizing the Contexts of Public School Leadership |
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234 | (1) |
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Sources of Leaders' Contextual Constraints |
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235 | (10) |
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School Districts are Frequently Characterized by Primitive Management Precepts |
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235 | (1) |
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Hierarchical Decision Authority |
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236 | (1) |
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Insufficient Principal Empowerment |
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237 | (1) |
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Dysfunctional Resource Dynamics |
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238 | (1) |
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School Budgeting Obfuscation |
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239 | (2) |
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241 | (1) |
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Management Information Deficiencies |
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241 | (1) |
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Insufficient Core Knowledge Regarding Instruction and Schooling |
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242 | (1) |
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Badly Needed Empirical Research Regarding Instruction |
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243 | (2) |
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Continuous-Learning Orientation Not a Present-Day Part of School Culture |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (3) |
Index |
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About the Authors |
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