Challenges and Opportunities for School Improvement
Recommendations for Urban School Principals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9729192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Dolph (University of Dayton, OH, USA), David Alan Dolph (University of Dayton, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 363-387 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education and Urban Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0013124516659110 |
| OpenAlex | W2468032637 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 11 |
Insofar as urban school systems that are often identified as ineffective include such a large segment of U.S. P-12 students, it is vital to improve academic success. To provide context, the article first discusses key challenges facing urban schools. Second, the article identifies and briefly reviews a variety of approaches to reform models often employed in efforts to improve student learning in urban schools. Third, the article briefly discusses the importance of principal leadership in relation to school success and an overview of approaches to leadership. Then, the article offers recommendations regarding leadership, instructional leadership, cultural leadership, and change leadership important to urban school reform. The article rounds out with a brief conclusion
Context (archaeology · Educational leadership · Geography · Instructional leadership · Pedagogy · Political science · Principal (computer security · Public relations · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Education Discipline and Inequality · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
The Tale of Two Urban School Principals
Leading sustainable school improvement
A systematic review of key contextual challenges facing school principals
Leading after the storm
A scoping review of problems and challenges faced by school leaders (2003–2019)
The entrepreneurial leadership practices of Malaysian secondary school principals in fundraising
Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of a Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-Tiered Model of Prevention
Innovation in a Context of Accountability
Leadership Styles, Organizational Climate, and School Climate Openness from the Perspective of Slovak Vocational School Teachers
Social-emotional competence and academic help-seeking in college transition
IT Takes a Village
Early Career African American Teachers and the Impact of Administrative Support
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |