This study examines the place of women in the culture of the high school principal. I used feminist analysis as a critique of the positivist paradigm of educational bureaucracy and the masculinist discourse that forms the ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of teachers and supervisors toward the principal leadership behaviors of female secondary principals in Ohio. Principal self-perceptions were also included to ...
This doctoral study investigated [Stephens and Turner's (1991)] anticipated dimensions for education services agencies across the United States in view of their advisability for Pennsylvania?s Intermediate Units (IUs), as ...
This doctoral study was designed to examine the conflict management style preferences of Pennsylvania superintendents and the congruency between the superintendents? conflict management style preferences and their school ...
This study analyzes the impact of Ohio's interdistrict open enrollment policy as a public school choice option. The analysis includes why districts decided to be open or closed to the enrollment of students from adjacent ...
This research was designed to (1) identify obstacles in the principal?s environment that inhibit the successful discharge of duties; (2) identify demographic, experiential, or educational factors that may serve as indicators ...
This doctoral study investigated the role of the school when a family dissolves as perceived by parents, educators, and social service professionals. Perceptions of the most effective supports and the most appropriate ...
Some alternative educational leadership literature being written today, based on such theories as feminism, critical theory, and postmodernism, are challenging traditional, hierarchical, patriarchal, and bureaucratic ...
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of western Pennsylvania principals and assistant principals regarding the importance of university training programs in preparation for the role of the assistant ...