Better principals, better schools : what star principals know, believe, and do

A school is only as good as its principal'. This quip forms the thesis of Better Principals as it provides a bird's eye view on the enactment of Haberman's eleven core functions of a star principal. Better Principals is imperative for two main reasons. First, the achievement gap betwe...

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Other Authors Stafford, Delia (Editor), Hill-Jackson, Valerie (Editor), Hartlep, Nicholas D. (Contributor), Chapman, Thandeka (Contributor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2016.
SeriesUrban education study series
Subjects
School principals > United States.
Educational leadership > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Education > Leadership.
Educational strategies and policy: inclusion.
Educational strategies and policy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806610525
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-366-6
Physical Description1 online resource (xviii, 86 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Guest Foreword / Terry Grier, Superintendent, Houston Independent School District
  • Chapter 1. Prologue: a star principal for every school / Delia Stafford and Valerie Hill-Jackson
  • Chapter 2. Principal Netzer and the tale of two urban high schools / Gus Jacob and Jennifer Waddell
  • Chapter 3. No principal left behind?: the core beliefs of nine urban elementary principals in a midwest school district implementing No Child Left Behind / Rodney E. Watson and Valerie Hill-Jackson
  • Chapter 4. The other side of the desk: the beliefs and behaviors of star principals at turnaround schools / Jim Robins
  • Chapter 5. Staffing urban principals in an era of hyper-reform: a case from the port of good things / Myra I. Whitney and Beverly E. Cross
  • Chapter 6. The case for selecting better principals / Valerie Hill-Jackson and Delia Stafford.

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