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ERIC Number: EJ348480
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Can the School System Produce Its Own Leaders?
Hamilton, Edwin
Negro Educational Review, v37 n2 p81-87 Apr 1986
Describes the implementation and design of the Professional Development Institute (PDI) of the District of Columbia schools. Describes conditions prior to the founding of PDI and analyzes responses of inside and outside political forces which affected project operations and outcomes. The PDI trains principals to run schools effectively in the context of the competency curriculum approach. (KH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Assistant Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals, Professional Training, Program Development, School Administration, School Effectiveness, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Competency Based Curriculum; District of Columbia Public Schools; Professional Development Institute