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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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The Professional Development of School Principals: Insights from Evaluating a Programme in Hong Kong
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Wong, Ping-man – School Leadership and Management, 2004
Preparation for school leadership has become a major global educational issue since the late 1990s. In Hong Kong, the establishment and implementation of school-based management in the 1990s have made significant demands on principals. In 1999, a leadership development and training programme for serving and aspiring principals was initiated by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, School Based Management, Principals
The Relation among School District Health, Total Quality Principles for School Organization and Student Achievement
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Marshall, Jon; Pritchard, Ruie; Gunderson, Betsey – School Leadership and Management, 2004
The purpose of this study was to determine the congruence among W. E. Deming's 14 points for Total Quality Management (TQM), the organizational health of school districts, and student achievement. Based on Kanter's (1983) concept of a Culture of Pride with a Climate of Success, healthy districts were defined as having an organizational culture…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), School Organization, School Districts, Organizational Culture