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This book examines the important issues of educational leadership that relate to today's movement towards restructuring and creating empowering environments for teachers and their students.To better understand how to build empowering environments in schools, it examines two national studies conducted over six years in 26 schools. This body of research provides an empirical framework that is used to draw conclusions about leadership in schools striving to provide an empowering environment.
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Drawing on two large national studies conducted over six years in 26 schools, this work examines leadership in schools that are restructuring to create empowering environments for faculty and students. This second edition builds on the historical view of restructuring and empowerment. New case studies from the schools that participated in the national studies have been added. Short is associate vice president for Academic Affairs for the University of Missouri System and professor of educational leadership and policy analysis at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Greer was professor of educational policy studies at Georgia State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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