Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 57 Issue 3

Differences in state- and district-level stakeholders’ perceptions of curriculum coherence and school impact in national curriculum reform

Jenni Sullanmaa, Kirsi Pyhältö, Janne Pietarinen, Tiina Soini

Shared understandings of curriculum reform within and between the levels of the educational system are suggested to be crucial for the reform to take root. The purpose of this…

The change-ready leadership of technology-savvy superintendents

William L. Sterrett, Jayson W. Richardson

The purpose of this paper is to help the researchers sought to take a closer look at the technology challenges facing district superintendents in today’s leadership climate.

Principal support of student psychological needs and a functional instructional core

Curt M. Adams, Jentre J. Olsen

Limited attention to messages transmitted between principals and teachers led to the general question for this study: is principal support of student psychological needs related…

A lack of authentic school improvement plan development: Evidence of principal satisficing behavior

Coby Vincent Meyers, Bryan Alexander VanGronigen

School improvement planning, especially for low-performing schools, can be conceptualized as a planning process to strategically improve organizational processes, operations and…

Distributed leadership and the Malaysia Education Blueprint: From prescription to partial school-based enactment in a highly centralised context

Tony Bush, Ashley Yoon Mooi Ng

The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss the findings from research on the relationship between leadership theory and policy reform in Malaysia. Distributed leadership…

The role of district leaders for organization social capital

Edith H. Hooge, Nienke M. Moolenaar, Karin C.J. van Look, Selma K. Janssen, Peter J.C. Sleegers

Although it is assumed that school district governance by districts leaders can impact schools’ capacity to improvement and educational quality, there is little systematic…