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General
Fuhrman, S. H. & Elmore, R. (2004).Redesigning accountability systems for education.
New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Lortie, D. (1975). Schoolteacher. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Labaree, D. (1999). How to succeed in school without really learning. New Haven, CT:
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Mintzberg, H. (1973). The nature of managerial work. New York: Harper & Row.
Rosenholtz, S. J. (1989). Teachers' workplace: The social organization of schools. New
York: Longman.
History
Cohen, D. K. (1988). Teaching practice: Plus que ca change... In P. Jackson (Ed.),
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Leadership
Spillane, J. (2006). Distributed leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Wheatley, M. J. (2006). Leadership and the new science: Discovering order in a chaotic
world (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.
Senge, P. (1990). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning
organization. New York: Currency Doubleday.
Policy
Baier, V. E., March, J. G., & Saetren, H. (1988). Implementation and ambiguity. In J. G.
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Cohen, D. K. (1990). A revolution in one classroom: The case of Mrs. Oublier.
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 12(5), 311-329.
Elmore, R. (1979). Backward mapping: Implementation research and policy
decisions. Political Science Quarterly, 94(4), 601-616.
Elmore, R. (1983). Complexity and control: What legislators and administrators can
do about implementing public policy. In L. S. Shulman & G. Sykes (Eds.),
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Elmore, R. (2004). The problem of stakes in performance-based accountability
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Data
Black, P., & Wiliam, D. (2009). Developing a theory of formative assessment.
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Coburn, C., & Talbert, J. (2006). Conceptions of evidence use in school districts:
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Earl, L., & Katz, S. (2006). Leading schools in a data-rich world: Harnessing data for
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Goldring, E., & Berhends, M. (2008). Leading with data: Pathways to improve your
school. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Leighton, J. P., & Gierl, M. J. (2007). Why cognitive diagnostic assessment? In J. P.
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Organizational/Institutional Theory
Cohen, M. D., March, J. G., & Olsen, J. P. (1972). A garbage can model of organizational
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March, J.G. (1999), The pursuit of organizational intelligence. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
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Rowan, B. (1990). Commitment and control: Alternative strategies for the
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Weick, K. (1995). Sensemaking in organizations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Change Theory
Evans, R. (2001). The human side of school change: reform, resistance, and the real life
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Fullan, M. (2007). The new meaning of educational change (4th ed.). New York:
Teachers College Press.
Marris, P. (1974). Loss and change. New York: Pantheon Books.
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Professional Learning Communities
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Huberman, M. (1995). Networks that alter teaching: Conceptualizations, exchanges
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Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of practice: Learning, meaning and identity.
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Empirical Leadership in Schools
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integration of transformations and instructional leadership. Educational
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Social Justice
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Other
Brown, J. S., & Duguid, P. (2000). The social life of information. Boston: Harvard
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Chubb, J. E., & Moe, T. M. (1990). Politics, markets, and America's schools.
Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institute.
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Gladwell, M. (2008). Outliers: The story of success. New York: Little, Brown, and Co.
Gleick, J. (2000). Faster. New York: Vintage.
Putnam, R. D. (2000). Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American
community. New York: Touchstone.
Price, T. (2005). Understanding ethical failures in leadership. Cambridge, UK.:
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