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Saving Black Boys: Unimaginable Outcomes for the Most Vulnerable Students Require Imaginable Leadership
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Smith, Rosa A. – School Administrator, 2005
Defining moments generally do not come at a time of a leader's choosing but in the course of leading. In this article, the author explains when she suddenly understood how to best explain and frame her professional mission regarding urban public education. Sections include: (1) Existential Moments; (2) A New Vision; (3) Lifesaving Measures; and…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Males
Advocacy at Cross Purposes: Superintendent Groups Work to Narrow the Divide when Finding Themselves on opposite Sides of Contentious Issues
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Reeves, Kimberly – School Administrator, 2004
In this article, the author describes how Superintendent Jimmy Cunningham recognized the moment he parted ways with his urban colleagues on just how school funding should be meted out in Arkansas. The Arkansas Supreme Court had declared the state's school funding system unconstitutional so the Arkansas Association of School Administrators had…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Administrator Role