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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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Engel, Mimi; Finch, Maida A. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2015
Despite the importance of teachers and the fact that teacher hiring is decentralized in most school districts, we know relatively little about the process through which individual principals hire faculty for their schools. Using interviews with 31 Chicago principals, we explore how principals find job candidates, whether they collaborate with…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Principals, Urban Schools, Interviews
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Bird, James J.; Dunaway, David M.; Hancock, Dawson R.; Wang, Chuang – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between superintendent leadership and the operational processes of school improvement. School district superintendents (N = 226) from six southeastern states were surveyed concerning their leadership authenticity and school improvement practices. Descriptive statistics, analyzes of…
Descriptors: Leadership, Superintendents, Best Practices, Correlation
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Spillane, James P.; Camburn, Eric M.; Pareja, Amber Stitziel – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2007
Focusing on the school principal's day-to-day work, we examine who leads curriculum and instruction- and administration-related activities when the school principal is not leading but participating in the activity. We also explore the prevalence of coperformance of management and leadership activities in the school principal's workday. Looking…
Descriptors: Working Hours, Principals, Work Environment, Administrator Role