ERIC Number: EJ1045157
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 34
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-6846
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Learning-Focused Leadership in Urban High Schools: Response to Demanding Environments
Knapp, Michael S.; Feldman, Susan; Yeh, Theresa Ling
Journal of School Leadership, v23 n2 p253-286 Mar 2013
This article traces how the work of instructional leadership in the urban high school embodies a response to particular pressures in the school's environment. Based on evidence from multiple-case study research in four urban districts, the article demonstrates how supervisory and nonsupervisory leaders fashioned responses to the district (and state) system of instructional guidance and support, accountability, and the press for data-based practice. The analysis shows that in schools that display evidence of progress on a learning improvement agenda, the responses to environmental pressures reflect active engagement with what the environment offers, rather than the reactive compliance that can so often accompany reforms that emphasize high-stakes accountability.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Instructional Leadership, Educational Environment, Case Studies, Accountability, Principals, Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Mission, Achievement Gains, School Districts, Guidance, Expectation, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Data, Teaching Methods, Alignment (Education), Academic Achievement, Individualized Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California; Georgia; Massachusetts; New York
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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