Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ453908
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0146-5945
First Principals: The Leadership Vacuum in American Schools.
Wooster, Martin Morse
Policy Review, n57 p55-61 Sum 1991
Argues for the importance of high school principals taking charge of their schools. Examines the following obstacles to effective leadership: historical developments in education in the last decades, union influence, legal problems, paperwork burdens, and lack of community and parent support. Also discusses the symbolic role of principals. (JB)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Decision Making, Discipline, Educational Change, High Schools, Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness, Parent School Relationship, Principals, School Based Management, School Choice, Secondary Education, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Unions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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