Implementing a Systemwide Promotion Policy: Dilemmas for Principals and Teachers in Urban Schools.

Christman, Jolley Bruce; Pugh, Wesley C.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Implementing a Systemwide Promotion Policy: Dilemmas for Principals and Teachers in Urban Schools.

Christman, Jolley Bruce; Pugh, Wesley C.

Journal of Negro Education, v58 n2 p163-76 Spr 1989

Examines principal and teacher response to the implementation of a systemwide student promotion policy in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Concludes that although principals and teachers may agree in principle with promotional standards, conflicting values may interfere with implementation. (FMW)

Descriptors: Academic Failure, Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Policy, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation, Principals, Student Placement, Student Promotion, Teacher Attitudes, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

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