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Leithwood, Kenneth – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2010
This article identifies characteristics of school districts that have been exceptionally successful in closing gaps in achievement among diverse groups of students, including students in challenging circumstances. Evidence for the paper was provided by 31 studies. These were studies, published in the past ten years, which reported original…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Achievement Gap, Organizational Effectiveness
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Giles, Corrie; Hargreaves, Andy – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2006
Background: Implicitly, innovative schools have historically contained some (but not usually all) of the properties of learning organizations and professional learning communities but have a weak record of sustaining success over time. Can innovative schools that self-consciously establish themselves as learning organizations and professional…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Success