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Wieland Wermke; Daniel Nordholm; Annika I. Anderson; Riitta Kotavuopio-Olsson – European Educational Research Journal, 2024
Principal autonomy has been identified as an important ingredient in effective and healthy schools. However, little is known about the various dimensions of the phenomenon and how it takes form in different contexts. This article presents an analytical device contributing to further understand the complex nature of principal autonomy. The device…
Descriptors: Principals, Foreign Countries, Decision Making, Cross Cultural Studies
McKnight, Katherine; Graybeal, John; Yarbro, Jessica; Graybeal, Lacey – Pearson Education, Inc., 2016
To contribute to the global discussion about what makes an effective teacher, Pearson surveyed students ages 15-19, teachers, principals, education researchers, education policymakers, and parents of school-aged children in 23 countries (Canada, U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Finland, Germany, Poland, England, Morocco, Egypt, South Africa,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Surveys, Adolescents
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Risku, Mika; Bjork, Lars G.; Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia – Journal of School Public Relations, 2012
This article provides insight into the nature and scope of home-school cooperation in Finland. Situating the study is a brief overview of the Finnish education system and a discussion of the Programme for International Student Assessment reports that place Finnish student outcomes at the top of rankings among industrialized nations for the past…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Reputation, Instructional Effectiveness