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Maitland, Blase – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The state of Delaware has expanded its K-12 educational structure and now offers parents and students an alternative to public education. Some of the charter schools in the state have excelled academically, fiscally, and organizationally, while others have been criticized for being financially irresponsible, or not meeting the state's academic…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Comparative Analysis, Transformational Leadership, School Culture
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Wang, Ning; Wilhite, Stephen; Martino, Daniel – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
This study examined the possible relationship between emotional competence and transformational leadership in K-12 school leaders as a function of self-other agreement. The study found that, for those school leaders whose self-assessment of their leadership agreed with that of their subordinates, the self-ratings of emotional competence were…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Emotional Intelligence, Transformational Leadership, Elementary Secondary Education
Dean, Cynthia I. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to compare the effects of gender on the perceptions that members of the boards of trustees of community colleges have of community college presidents. This study was guided by two research questions; the first one comparing the participants' perceptions of the male and female leader with the…
Descriptors: Trustees, Comparative Analysis, Gender Differences, Attitude Measures
Smith Staley, Charlesetta – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This quantitative study explored the leadership styles of mentors for retained first-year adult students to analyze whether the prevalent style had a higher impact on first-year adult student retention. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) 5x was used to collect data on the mentors' leadership styles from the perspective of retained…
Descriptors: Mentors, Leadership Styles, Questionnaires, Adult Students
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May, Judy Jackson; Sanders, Eugene T. W. – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2013
Districts throughout the nation are engaged in comprehensive transformation to "turn around" low performing schools. Standardized test scores are used to gauge student achievement; however, academic gains may lag behind leading indicators such as improved school climate and effective leadership. This study examines 16 underperforming…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Scores, School Turnaround, Instructional Leadership