Table of contents - Special Issue: Accountability and school leadership
Guest Editors: Karen Seashore Louis
School administration in a changing education sector: the US experience
James P. Spillane, Allison W. KenneyResearch, spanning half a century, points to the critical role of school administration and to the successful implementation of US government policies and programs. In part these…
At‐risk student averse: risk management and accountability
Julian Vasquez Heilig, Michelle Young, Amy WilliamsThe prevailing theory of action underlying accountability is that holding schools and students accountable will increase educational output. While accountability's theory of…
Contrasting effects of instructional leadership practices on student learning in a high accountability context
Moosung Lee, Allan Walker, Yuk Ling ChuiThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of different dimensions of instructional leadership on student learning in Hong Kong secondary schools, whose broader…
The strength of accountability and teachers’ organisational citizenship behaviour
Eyvind Elstad, Knut‐Andreas Christophersen, Are TurmoOrganisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) involves discretionary behaviour advantageous to the organisation that goes beyond existing role expectations. The purpose of this paper…
External mandates and instructional leadership: school leaders as mediating agents
Karen Seashore Louis, Viviane M. RobinsonThe purpose of this paper is to examine how US school leaders make sense of external mandates, and the way in which their understanding of state and district accountability…
Managing the intersection of internal and external accountability: Challenge for urban school leadership in the United States
Michael S. Knapp, Susan B. FeldmanThe purpose of this paper is to direct attention to the intersection of external and internal accountability systems within urban schools, and the role of school leadership…
Bridging accountability obligations, professional values and (perceived) student needs with integrity
Heinrich MintropThe purpose of this paper is to explore the tensions between external accountability obligations, educator's professional values, and student needs. Strategic, cognitive, and…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Chen Schechter
- Professor Jayson W. Richardson