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Accountability is the key : unlocking school potential through enhanced educational leadership
Title:
Accountability is the key : unlocking school potential through enhanced educational leadership
Author:
Hunt, John, 1948-
ISBN:
9781475804652
Publication Information:
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2014
Physical Description:
vii, 127 p. ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
School administration is more difficult today than at any time in our history. Demands for administrative accountability have steadily increased since the publication of A Nation at Risk in 1983. The most recent trend has been to tie administrative evaluations to student performance, increasing stress among administrators at all levels. This book considers input of current administrators and school board members and presents a strategy which educational administrators can employ to win back public confidence and support. -- Provided by publisher.
Subject:
Educational accountability
Educational leadership
Motivation in education
Academic achievement
Summary:
School administration is more difficult today than at any time in our history. Demands for administrative accountability have steadily increased since the publication of A Nation at Risk in 1983. The most recent trend has been to tie administrative evaluations to student performance, increasing stress among administrators at all levels. This book considers input of current administrators and school board members and presents a strategy which educational administrators can employ to win back public confidence and support. -- Provided by publisher.