Traits of Highly Effective School Leaders in KC's Urban Core
Missouri School Climate
Can students be successful in Missouri charter schools? examining factors that contribute to achievement - Jackson, 2010 (abstract)
Charter Schools in Missouri: Student Achievement and Best Practices - Joint Committee on Education, Jan 2010
Complex Justice - The Case of Mo vs. Jenkins - Dunn, 2008
A Recipe for Failure: A Year of Reform and Chaos in the St Louis Public Schools - Ayers - Salamon, 2006
Putting Performance on the Map: Locating Quality Schools in the KCMSD - IFF, 2010
Money and School Performance: Lessons from the Kansas City Desegration Experiment, Ciotti, 1998 (Policy Analysis)
School leadership Stability, Prinicpal Moves, and Departures: Evidence from Missouri - Baker et al, 2010 EAQ
Urban High Schools in KCMO
public
charter
What impact do leaders have on school culture?
Collective Leadership Effects on Student Achievement - Leithwood & Mascall, 2008 EAQ
Testing Conception of How School Leadership Infl Student Learning - Leithwood et al, 2010 EAQ
Origins & Conseq of Schools' Organizational Culture for Student Achievement - Duman, 2009 EAQ
Pop Culture
Lean on Me (1989) - film
Waiting for Superman (2010) - documentary
TIME Magazine - Charter schools: The Good Ones Aren't Flukes
NYT - Board's Decision to Close 28 Kansas City Schools Follows Year of Inaction
How do school leaders view themselves?
Connect relationship between effective leaders & student achievement
Identify Traits of Effective Leaders
Balanced Leadership - McREL, 2003
School Leadership That Works - Marzano, et al 2005
Urban School Leadership - Payzant, 2011
Keys to Success for Urban School Principals - Cooke, 2006
Finding Your Leadership Style - Glanz, 2002
PPT from DED 9000 - Dr Sanders
Johari Window
How do teachers view school leaders?
What are the possible implications for "dueling or contradictory" visions?
School Reform
When School Reform Goes Wrong - Noddings, 2007
Charter Schools: Lessons in School Reform - Brouillette, 2002
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America - Kozol, 2005
The Charter School Experiment: Expectations, Evidence, & Implications - Lubienski & Weitzel (eds), 2010
Putting the Pieces Together: Leadership Change in Low-Performing Urban Schools - Orr et al, 2008 Ed & Urb Soc