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Direct linkZimmerman, Judith A. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2008
America's public education system still holds the best promise to provide educational access to all children. However, public education has come under fire within the past two decades for not serving all student needs. Therefore, increasing demands are being placed on public schools to reform in order to improve achievement. Critical to the…
Descriptors: Student Needs, School Restructuring, Academic Achievement, Vision
Zimmerman, Judith A. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2006
Metaphors are powerful in describing organizations (Morgan, 1986; 1998) and stories reveal the meaning of experiences (Kouzes & Posner, 1993). As an avid skier and school change leader, the author has drawn on her personal experiences and the literature to develop the idea of improving skiing as a metaphor for improving leadership, particularly…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Recreational Activities, Emotional Intelligence, Credibility
Zimmerman, Judith A. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2005
In this article, the author poses the question "Are weapons searches in the job descriptions of instructional leaders?" which brings to attention changing duties of school principals that were not faced by previous generations. The article reports observations made during time spent with a current high school principal.
Descriptors: Weapons, Principals, Superintendents, Educational Administration
