ERIC Number: EJ1283327
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 16
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Lessons from Principals of High-Performing Ethnically Diverse High-Poverty Schools
Murakami, Elizabeth T.; Kearney, W. Sean
School Leadership Review, v15 n1 Article 16 Fall-Win 2020
This study examines practices of principals working in high-performing, high-poverty schools with a high representation of students of color in south central Texas. This study explores how leaders build individual and organizational capacity in high-needs schools. Using a criterion sample, and a conceptual framework focused on leadership for learning, three principals were included in this study. Their schools each had 85% representation of students of color, 85% or more of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, and at least 85% of students demonstrating mastery on state assessments. Principals demonstrated that while it is paramount to set organizational structures and policies conducive to learning, building a collective effort to adapt such structures and policies is equally important. By building individual and organizational capacity, these principals focused on building a successful learning culture in order to generate high performance in high-poverty schools with a high representation of students of color. The implications and recommendations from this study may appeal to other school leaders who wish to adapt the lessons learned from this research and apply them to their own schools' unique contexts.
Descriptors: Principals, Minority Group Students, Poverty, Instructional Leadership, Educational Policy, School Effectiveness, Educational Practices, Capacity Building, Administrator Attitudes, Lunch Programs, State Standards, Mastery Learning, High Achievement, School Culture, Student Diversity, Case Studies, Hispanic American Students, Charter Schools, Magnet Schools, Elementary Schools, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Leadership Training, School Community Relationship, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Middle Schools, High Schools, Achievement Tests
Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration. Web site: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/slr/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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