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Download full textJones, Kim; Howley, Aimee – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2009
Using data from a survey of superintendents in four states, this study explored how contextual factors and the real and perceived stringency of accountability measures influence the attention superintendents pay to the different roles comprising their work. A major concern was the extent to which stringent accountability was associated with…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Superintendents, Accountability, Predictor Variables
Direct linkDeTurk, Theodore J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Conflict is a natural and pervasive, but often misunderstood, force that thrives in all human societies. Conflict is an inherent part of the school environment because of the labor-intensive nature of the school setting. As district leaders, school superintendents are surrounded daily by diverse groups of people who have their own needs and…
Descriptors: Conflict, Statistical Analysis, Conflict Resolution, School Personnel
LaFee, Scott – School Administrator, 2007
On the morning of Dec. 12, 2006, hundreds of federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended upon six Swift and Co. meat-packing plants in Texas, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Utah affecting communities. These federal crackdowns on illegal immigrants reverberate in schools too, forcing superintendents to confront some…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Immigration, Immigrants, Superintendents
Peer reviewedGrady, Marilyn L.; Bryant, Miles T. – Planning and Changing, 1989
When Nebraska's 310 superintendents were asked to discuss critical incidents experienced with a school board or board member, they noted 151 incidents involving family and friends, board member's roles, who's elected to the board, failure to support the superintendent, the board itself, athletic coaches, individual board members, employee…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Conflict, Elementary Secondary Education
Lightbody, James Edgar – 1967
This study surveyed the role of public school adult education in Nebraska--the need and rationale for adult and continuing education in Nebraska, the place of adult education in the public schools, the role and responsibility of boards of education and school administrators, and the part played by the state and Federal governments were considered.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Legislation
PDF pending restorationGrady, Marilyn L.; Bryant, Miles T. – 1990
The superintendent's role may be difficult to manage simply because of the existence of a school board. To identify critical incidents that superintendents experienced in their work with boards of education, the superintendents of all 310 K-12 districts in Nebraska were mailed letters asking if they had experienced a critical incident with a…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role
