Philadelphia School Leaders Fight to Restore and Control Philadelphia’s Public Schools, 1982–2000

2021 ◽  
pp. 158-182
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Philadelphia School ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals The reality of applying the electronic management for the school leaders  in Dilam governorate: واقع تطبيق الإدارة الإلكترونية في مدارس التعليم العام الحكومية للبنين في محافظة الدلم بالمملكة العربية السعودية

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ibrahim Sowelam
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Management Program ◽  
School Leader ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Management Application ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Electronic Questionnaires ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The study aimed to clarify the reality of applying the electronic management for the school leaders in Dilam governorate، identifying the barriers of applying electronic management for the school leaders in Dilam governorate and clarifying the suggestions to apply the electronic management application for the school leaders in Dilam governorate. The study applied the descriptive survey approach and used the questionnaire as the tool for data collection.  Study population and sample: the study population consists of all school leader and deputies in Boys Public schools at Dilam Governorate in its different years (primary، intermediate and secondary) who are (45) leaders and deputies including (29) leaders and (16) deputies (Education Office in Dilam Governorate)، the researcher distributed the study tool on the population as (45) leaders and deputies in public schools، and finally collected (41) electronic questionnaires due to some schools are busy in preparing for the examinations of the first semester 1438- 1439H. The study members moderately agree on the application of electronic management for the school leaders in Dilam governorate in “using the educational management program (NOOR) ”. The study members highly agree on the barriers of applying of electronic management for the school leaders in Dilam governorate in “many administrative burdens on the school leader، little financial allowances to support the application of the electronic management”. The study members moderately agree on the suggestions to apply the electronic management application for the school leaders in Dilam governorate representing in “ensuring the security and protection of electronic information، reducing centralization in educational decision making، promoting applicable technological strategic plan، developing the regulations and systems to work with the institutions and intensification of courses and programs in the electronic management field.

Trachoma: Its Prevalence and Control in the Public Schools of Cebu

1913 ◽  
Vol 28 (37) ◽  
pp. 1895
Author(s):  
Louis Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
The Public ◽  
And Control

Principal professionalism in the time of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 367-374
Author(s):  
Corrie Stone-Johnson ◽  
Jennie Miles Weiner
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Traditional Public Schools ◽  
Collective Attention ◽  
Current Context ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Support Students

PurposeIn this paper, we describe the impact of COVID-19 on principals and their work. Drawing on prior research undertaken prior to the onset of the pandemic, we describe how principals were already grappling with difficult tensions associated with their expertise, autonomy, normative orientation and rewards that may have real implications for their work moving forward and how, in the current context of uncertainty and change we believe the issue of principal professionalism requires our collective attention and action.Design/methodology/approachOver the last year, we undertook a multistate qualitative study of 17 school leaders to explore how principals working in traditional public schools conceptualize the principal profession and their role within it. Briefly, we found that the principalship is an “emergent profession” characterized by shared but individually determined knowledge and skills; a normative orientation of service; confused notions of external expectations and rewards and ongoing tensions among all of these elements.FindingsProfessionalism may be a surprising lever for improving the capacity of school leadership. Through our research, we identified that little is known about professionalism as it relates to the unique work of school leaders, but that understanding more about it could lead to greater knowledge of how to encourage and retain them. In the current context of uncertainty, chaos and change, the pressure on leaders to stay in the role and to succeed has never been greater. Thus, it is critical that principals have the capacity to exert professionalism over their work and to have greater say in elements of it, recognizing that some decisions must be made at district, state and federal levels.Originality/valueWhile many studies investigate how teachers of various backgrounds and in different contexts think about teaching as a profession (e.g. Anderson and Cohen, 2015; Stone-Johnson, 2014b; Torres and Weiner, 2018; Hall and McGinty, 2015), we had difficulty identifying studies focused on principals and using frameworks of professionalism to understand how these activities reflect larger shifts in the profession itself. This is despite the changing nature of principals' work, which, like the work of teachers, has been and continues to be largely influenced by the increasing role of neoliberal principles and policies in education. The public nature of the work of school leadership and the potential to support students, families and the communities in which they live brings in sharp focus the necessity of greater understanding of it during the COVID-19 crisis.

Tapping the Principal Pipeline

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 695-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannie Myung ◽  
Susanna Loeb ◽  
Eileen Horng
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
School Level ◽  
Dade County ◽  
Leadership Potential ◽  
Principal Candidates ◽  
School Year

Purpose: In light of the difficulty many districts face finding quality principal candidates, this article explores an informal recruitment mechanism of teachers to become principals, which the authors call tapping. The authors assess the extent to which current teachers are being approached by school leaders to consider leadership and whether this tapping prompts these teachers to consider pursuing leadership positions. Research Design: This study uses survey and administrative data on teachers and principals from the Miami-Dade County Public Schools from the 2007–2008 school year. The authors describe the extent to which principals tap teachers to become school leaders. They use multiple regression with and without school fixed effects to model which teachers are most likely to be tapped and which principals are most likely to tap teachers. They also estimate the extent to which tapping is effective at motivating teachers to become school leaders. Findings: A vast majority of principals report having been tapped by their own principal when they were teachers. The authors find that principals tend to tap teachers who feel better equipped to take on the principalship and who have more school-level leadership experience, but they also disproportionately tap teachers who are male and share their ethnicity. Conclusions: The findings provide evidence that principals are capable of effectively identifying and encouraging teachers with strong leadership potential to enter the principal pipeline, although additional training and a succession management plan may help ensure that teachers are selected based on clear leadership competencies.

scholarly journals Understanding Universal Vouchers and Urban Public Schools in Santiago de Chile: Educational Administrators’ Responses to Choice

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Jaime Portales ◽  
Julian Vasquez Heilig
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Private School ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
School Officials ◽  
Voucher Schools ◽  
Municipal Schools ◽  
Cream Skimming ◽  
Voucher System ◽  
The City

<p>In this study we examine how school leaders in urban districts have responded to the Chilean universal school voucher system. We conducted interviews with public district school officials and principals in Santiago, Chile. We found that school leaders in the wealthy public schools have confronted the market policy by implementing similar cream-skimming measures as private-voucher schools. In comparison, the poorer public-municipal schools are not able to select their students. The respondents in our study elucidated that parent and student choice is limited because specific family and student characteristics (i.e. SES background, test scores), as well as the family/student residence within the city (in a relatively wealthy or poor section of the city) influence the spectrum of opportunities a student will have and the school he/she will enter. As a result, the voucher system introduces educational opportunities for students who have the capital (pecuniary and non-pecuniary) to enable a move from one public school to another within an area, from a public school to private-voucher school within an area, from one district to another, or from a public school within an area to a private school within another district.</p>

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Using Brainstorming Strategy in the Development of Academic Achievement of Sixth Grade Students in English Grammar at Public Schools in Jordan

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Nibal Abdelkarim Mousa Malkawi ◽  
Mona Smadi
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Educational Guidance ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
And Control

The study aims to identify the effect of using brainstorming method in the teaching of English grammar; to improve the level of sixth grade students in English grammar at public schools in Jordan. The study population consisted of all sixth grade students of both sexes. The sample of the study was chosen in the random stratified manner, represented in four schools: two for males and two for females, which were divided into two groups (experimental and control). The results showed that there were significant differences at the level of (α = 0.05) in the achievement test in the English grammar, in favor of the experimental group. The results also showed significant differences between males and females in the achievement test in favor of the females. One of the most prominent recommendations was to refer to those concerned with educational guidance, and school administrations to give priority to the issue of the weakness of students in English grammar by focusing on the use of modern methods of teaching, including the method of brainstorming.This study deals with a vital subject concerns those interested in the educational process, especially in the field of teaching English, where the study sheds light on the method of brainstorming and how to benefit from it to narrow the gap resulting from traditional practices in the teaching of English grammar, in order to reach objective results that reflect the pedagogical and educational reality regarding the level of students' achievement in the English grammar.

Perceived uncertainty and organizational health in public schools

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 771-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lior Hameiri ◽  
Adam Nir
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Environmental Uncertainty ◽  
Organizational Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Influences ◽  
Perceived Environmental Uncertainty

Purpose – Public schools operate in a changing and dynamic environment evident in technological innovations, increased social heterogeneity and competition, all contributing to school leaders’ uncertainty. Such changes inevitably influence schools’ inner dynamic and may therefore undermine schools’ organizational health. School leaders have a crucial role in buffering these external influences and promoting schools’ organizational health. The purpose of this paper is to assess the role transformational school leaders play in mediating the relationship between perceived environmental uncertainty and schools’ organizational health in a context characterized by uncertainty and instability which follow political instability. Design/methodology/approach – The researchers administered questionnaires to 954 teachers coming from 191 randomly sampled public elementary schools in Israel. Findings – Results indicate a negative impact that perceived environmental uncertainty has on schools’ organizational health evident in the degree of academic emphasis and staff affiliation with the school, in the school’s institutional integrity, and in the principal’s ability to both secure resources for the school and demonstrate collegiality toward teachers. Findings also show that transformational school principals are able to moderate the negative impact environmental uncertainty has on schools’ organizational health. Originality/value – The findings validate the growing uncertainty characterizing the environment in which public schools operate. They further strengthen existing knowledge on the transformational leadership style in light of its unique capacity to buffer negative external influences imposed on schools and maintain their organizational health.

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