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School Leadership: A Viable Solution to 21st Century Education Challenges
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Dube, Dorcas – Childhood Education, 2023
Quality education is an effective equalizer in an unequal world. The link between cyclical poverty and a lack of quality education is well understood, as is the inextricable link between the provision of quality education and sustainable economic growth. As governments, policymakers, civil society, and ordinary citizens work together to make…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, School Administration, Educational Quality, Poverty
Birth Pains: Emerging School Leadership Policies in Eight School Systems of Latin America
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Weinstein, José; Hernández, Macarena – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2016
School leadership has a core position within education policy worldwide. Comparative research in this area has been mainly focused on developed countries and has tended to neglect the situation of developing nations, including Latin American countries. Considering the above, this article presents the current status of school leadership policies in…
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Policy Formation
Principals' Role and Public Primary Schools' Effectiveness in Four Latin American Cities
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Anderson, Joan B. – Elementary School Journal, 2008
This article examines the effectiveness of observable and quantifiable traits in and approaches of school principals in enhancing student achievement. Data were gathered on 2,048 fourth-grade students in 96 public primary schools in Leon, Mexico; Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Santiago, Chile. The UNESCO/ORELAC (United…
Descriptors: Discipline, Teacher Persistence, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement