ERIC Number: EJ703953
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Jun-1
Pages: 0
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Leading Small: Eight Lessons for Leaders in Transforming Large Comprehensive High Schools
Copland, Michael A.; Boatright, Elizabeth E.
Phi Delta Kappan, v85 n10 p762 Jun 2004
Simply carving up a large comprehensive high school into several smaller schools does not guarantee improvement. In this article, the authors find that key lessons garnered from numerous small-school conversions can guide school leaders through the cultural changes that must accompany the structural ones if small schools are to fulfill their potential.
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Instructional Leadership, School Size, Change Strategies, Educational Change, High Schools, Small Schools, Academic Achievement, Justice, Participative Decision Making, Inquiry
Phi Delta Kappa International, Inc., 408 N. Union St., P.O. Box 789, Bloomington, IN 47402-0789. Web site: http://www.pdkintl.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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