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Do Principal Preparation Programs Influence Student Achievement through the Building of Teacher-Team Qualifications by the Principal? An Exploratory Analysis
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Fuller, Ed; Young, Michelle; Baker, Bruce D. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2011
Purpose: The primary purpose of this study is to explore how the characteristics of the principal preparation programs of newly hired elementary school principals might influence school achievement through the development of well-qualified teams of teachers by the school. Of primary interest is whether elementary school principals from preparation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Least Squares Statistics, Principals, Elementary Education
School Leadership Stability, Principal Moves, and Departures: Evidence from Missouri
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Baker, Bruce D.; Punswick, Eric; Belt, Charles – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2010
Purpose: The objective of this study is to investigate and characterize principals' backgrounds, individual and school level factors associated with leadership stability, and principal career paths and exit behaviors in Missouri. Method: In this study, the authors construct two data sets of practicing school principals in the state of Missouri:…
Descriptors: Racial Composition, Labor Market, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Exploring the Faculty Pipeline in Educational Administration: Evidence from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 1999 to 2000
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Baker, Bruce D.; Wolf-Wendel, Lisa; Twombly, Susan – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2007
Purpose: This study examines the factors that predict who among those receiving educational administration doctorates is most likely to become a faculty member. Research Design: The study uses 10 years of data on all doctoral recipients from programs in educational administration gathered from the Survey of Earned Doctorates (1990 to 2000).…
Descriptors: Research Design, Career Choice, Research Universities, Faculty
Academic Drift, Institutional Production, and Professional Distribution of Graduate Degrees in Educational Leadership
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Baker, Bruce D.; Orr, Margaret Terry; Young, Michelle D. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2007
Purpose: This article sheds light on some basic questions about the distribution of educational leadership preparation degree programs among different types of institutions and the distribution of advanced degrees, by type, exploring change over time and the relationship to regional labor market estimates. Method: We used data from five major…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Leadership, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Universities
Do Principals With Stronger Academic Backgrounds Hire Better Teachers? Policy Implications for Improving High-Poverty Schools
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Baker, Bruce D.; Cooper, Bruce S. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2005
Principals play an important role in determining the quality of their schools by the selection of teachers. A preponderance of evidence from the economic and education policy literature indicates that teachers with stronger academic backgrounds produce better student outcomes. This article hypothesizes that school principals with certain…
Descriptors: Principals, Teacher Recruitment
Do Principals with Stronger Academic Backgrounds Hire Better Teachers? Policy Implications for Improving High-Poverty Schools
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Baker, Bruce D.; Cooper, Bruce S. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2005
Principals play an important role in determining the quality of their schools by the selection of teachers. A preponderance of evidence from the economic and education policy literature indicates that teachers with stronger academic backgrounds produce better student outcomes. This article hypothesizes that school principals with certain…
Descriptors: Principals, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Policy