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Direct linkSusan Andreas-Bervel – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this sequential explanatory mixed methods study was to identify the political styles of exemplary suburban elementary school district superintendents and school board members in Southern California as perceived by superintendents. In addition, it was the purpose of this study to identify and explain the political strategies…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Boards of Education, Politics of Education, Suburban Schools
Peer reviewedRapp, Stephan; Aktas, Vezir; Ståhlkrantz, Katarina – Educational Review, 2022
In Sweden, the local schoolboard has the ultimate responsibility for school quality and student knowledge development, and is held responsible if the expected outcomes are not met. Assisting the board is the superintendent who is the Chief Executive Officer. The aim of the study is to investigate the board's relation to and expectations of the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Board Administrator Relationship, Foreign Countries, Superintendents
Xia, Jiangang; Shen, Jianping; Sun, Jingping – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2020
Do school district central offices and school principals have the same level of influence on school decisions? What does the district-principal power relationship look like? These two questions are discussed but are rarely examined in the literature. Based on a nationally representative sample from the 2007-2008 Schools and Staffing Survey data,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, School Districts, Power Structure, Principals
Mills, Colin – Literacy, 2011
This article is linked to the theme of the special issue through its focus on micropolitical analysis of the changing role of "policy drivers", mediating national policy through interactions with primary school heads and teachers. The central arguments draw on case studies undertaken in two primary schools where changes related to…
Descriptors: Literacy, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Case Studies
Hallett, Tim – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2007
In this article I provide a meso-level account of the interactional-institutional link by revisiting Goffman's analysis of deference and demeanor in light of Bourdieu's discussion of institutional fields, cultural capital, and symbolic power. To acquire deference, one must exhibit the appropriate demeanor towards others, and one must be equipped…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Cultural Capital, Prosocial Behavior, Gender Differences
Download full textWhite, Alpheus L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1962
For a number of years there has been a growing recognition of the importance of the school board's role in improving educational programs and services. Evidences of this recognition may be found in the increased citizen interest in school boards, the amount of school administration literature devoted to them, the rapidly growing body of school…
Descriptors: Educational History, Board of Education Policy, Educational Administration, Administrative Organization
