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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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Managing Adaptive Challenges: Learning with Principals in Bermuda and Florida
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Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Maslin-Ostrowski, Patricia; Hoffman, Alexander M.; Barbaro, Justin – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2014
We interviewed eight principals from Bermuda and Florida about how they identify and manage their most pressing challenges. Their challenges are composed of both adaptive and technical work, requiring leaders to learn to diagnose and manage them. Challenges focused on change and were traced to accountability contexts, yet accountability was not…
Descriptors: Principals, Interviews, Educational Practices, Barriers
Resisting Fragmentation: Calling for a Holistic Approach to Professional Practice and Preparation for Educational Leaders
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Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Maslin-Ostrowski, Patricia; Hoffman, Alexander M. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2012
An online survey (using forced-choice and open-ended questions) of faculty at two university-situated degree-granting leadership preparation programs revealed that the faculty describe critical connections for developing leadership capacity: theory-practice nexus, university-based learning and "real-life" experience, and nurturing deeper…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Leadership Training, Adult Learning, Instructional Leadership