With No Child Left Behind (2001), annual yearly progress, and high stakes testing, administrators must implement structures and processes that maximize the learning time. In addition, with a growing number of at-risk ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of grade retention and grade placement on student achievement in both reading and math over the course of five-years. A comparison was drawn amongst two cohorts of ...

Educational research suggests that assistant principals encounter frustrations and obstacles which impede them from fulfilling their duties and responsibilities. Furthermore, the research also shows there are changes that ...

It is well documented that school leadership is second only to classroom instruction as an influence on student learning and achievement (Leithwood & Reihl, 2003; Wahlstrom et al., 2010, Ediger, 2014; Waters et al., 2003). ...

One area of education that many school leaders utilize to assist students at risk of dropping out of school is Career and Technical Education (CTE). The hands-on learning and real-world connections that CTE offers are ...

The purpose of this study was to compare the achievement of twenty-five campuses as measured by their reading and math performance and state accountability ratings, to the outcomes the schools achieved from the administration ...

This phenomenology study explored the lived experiences of leadership within the first cohort-based doctorate in health sciences education launched by the College of Education at the University of Houston in August 2013. ...

This study examines the changing role of the school principal from a managerial position to one now focused on instructional leadership. Specifically, the investigation will examine principals evaluating teachers and ...

As state and federal accountability standards demand that schools show adequate progress for school improvement, principals have found it more difficult to find the time and resources needed to adequately focus on school ...

The heightened demands on school administrators today require them to work collaboratively with teacher leaders on their campuses. The Rice University Mathematics Leadership Institute (RUMLI) was an attempt to develop the ...