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Summary: In July, 2008, the Michigan Aligned System of Leader Development Grant was funded through the Wallace Foundation. The Wallace Foundation is a national philanthropic organization whose mission...
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Summary: The author begins this article with a brief review of the reasons educational leaders and schools need to promote equity and social justice. The article then critiques two approaches to...
View ArticleTeacher Contract Non-Renewal: Midwest, Rocky Mountains, and Southeast
Summary: This quantitative study investigated reasons that school principals recommend non-renewal of probationary teachers’ contracts. Principal survey results from three regions of the US (Midwest,...
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