The Power of Letting Go.

Ferguson, Janet M.; Nochelski, Paul

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ERIC Number: EJ524318

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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The Power of Letting Go.

Ferguson, Janet M.; Nochelski, Paul

American School Board Journal, v183 n4 p37-39 Apr 1996

A nationwide random sample of 1,500 superintendents was asked questions about power: a wish list and a reality list. Responses from 423 (28%) superintendents suggest that students' achievement test scores are higher in school districts that share decision making, while a more authoritarian approach to management seems linked to lower student achievement. (MLF)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Styles, National Surveys, Participative Decision Making, School Based Management, School Surveys, Superintendents

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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