Considerable strides have been made in the past decade in recognizing the centrality of the
cultural context of schooling to adolescent development. In this review, adopting a …

In the United States, there is enormous controversy about how teachers ought to be
prepared and licensed. Many of the sharpest controversies stem from acute public …

This paper discusses best practices in teachers' professional development (PD) in the
United States (US). We begin by presenting a conceptual framework for effective …

The author suggests that we apply recent research knowledge to improve our
conceptualization, measures, and methodology for studying the effects of teachers' …

With its focus on school-level leadership, Part One seeks to identify, elaborate, and clarify
existing knowledge about successful leadership practices. Because leadership is enacted …

Using survey responses from a national sample of US teachers, this paper provides insight
into 2 questions:(1) Do 3 specific attributes of leadership behavior–the sharing of leadership …

Educational leadership can have strong, positive, although indirect, effects on student
learning. The full report of our study—Learning from Leadership: Investigating the Links to …

This comprehensive and authoritative book serves as the road map to your school's
professional development journey. Written for principals, professional development …

Because of increasing calls for school accountability, an increased emphasis placed on the
role of the teacher, and theoretical connections between teacher beliefs and classroom …

In 1979, Bronfenbrenner published the first of a series of works charging developmental
scientists with the task of studying human development from more naturalistic, and …