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Randolph, Adah Ward; Sanders, Stephanie – Journal of School Leadership, 2011
This article examines the educational leadership of the first African American female principal in Richmond, Virginia: Mrs. Ethel Thompson Overby. It seeks to ascertain, through a historical framework utilizing critical race theory, how this particular educational and instructional leader conceptualized academic achievement given the context of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Excellence in Education, Youth
Chynoweth, Judith K. – 1989
This document reports how the Council of State Policy and Planning Agencies (CSPA) Academy process helped nine states develop workplace literacy initiatives involving their governors' offices, the Job Training Partnership Act system, and the educational system. The states were Florida, Idaho, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Tennessee,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Change Agents