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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Connolly, Michael; James, Chris – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2011
Debates about governance, across the public sector, including education, continue to generate a substantial literature. The intention of this article is to engage with these debates by reviewing the articles in this special edition. In this review article, we first consider the wider context of the articles by revisiting some of the central…
Descriptors: Governance, Public Sector, Public Education, State Government
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James, Chris; Brammer, Steve; Connolly, Michael; Fertig, Mike; James, Jane; Jones, Jeff – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2011
This article reports research into the nature and functioning of school governing bodies in different socio-economic and performance contexts. The research analysed 5000 responses from a national questionnaire-based survey and undertook 30 case studies of school governing. The research confirmed that school governing in England is a complex and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Boards of Education, Governance, Difficulty Level
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James, Chris; Connolly, Michael; Dunning, Gerald; Elliott, Tony – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2007
The purpose of this article is to make the case for a broader perspective on school leadership and school-environment interrelationships and to develop the concept of systemic leadership for schools and the related notion of systemic authorization. The article explores the background to the concept and relevant aspects of the conceptualization,…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, Elementary Schools, Academic Achievement