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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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What Influences Principals' Perceptions of Academic Climate? A Nationally Representative Study of the Direct Effects of Perception on Climate
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Urick, Angela; Bowers, Alex J. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2011
Using a nationally representative sample of public high schools (N = 439), we examined the extent to which the principal's perception of their influence over instruction, the evaluation of nonacademic related tasks as well as academic related tasks, and their relationship with the school district relates to their perception of academic climate…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, High Schools, School Districts, Educational Environment
Promoting Excellence: "Good to Great", NYC's District 2, and the Case of a High-Performing School District
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Bowers, Alex J. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2008
This paper compares two celebrated studies--New York City Community School District 2 (Elmore & Burney, 1999), and "Good to Great" (Collins, 2001), which examined sustained success in American corporations--to the case of a single high-performing school district. The question of interest concerns how school districts achieve and maintain high…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Change, School Effectiveness, Organizational Development