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Honig, Meredith I. – American Educational Research Journal, 2009
New small autonomous schools initiatives are relatively recent educational change strategies that in some urban districts aim to remake how district central offices function as institutions. In this article, the author draws on theories of organizational innovation and learning to reveal how central office administrators participate in these…
Descriptors: School Based Management, Small Schools, Urban Schools, Administrative Organization
Turnbull, Brenda J.; Haslam, M. Bruce; Arcaira, Erikson R.; Riley, Derek L.; Sinclair, Beth; Coleman, Stephen – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2009
The School Administration Manager (SAM) project, supported by The Wallace Foundation as part of its education initiative, focuses on changing the conditions in schools that prevent principals from devoting more time to instructional leadership. In schools participating in the National SAM Project, principals have made a commitment to increase the…
Descriptors: School Administration, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Educational Innovation