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School Leaders’ Transformational Strategies For Successfully Preparing For Algebra I In Eighth Grade, Brooke Humphrey
School Leaders’ Transformational Strategies For Successfully Preparing For Algebra I In Eighth Grade, Brooke Humphrey
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Algebra I is considered a gateway course that provides students with additional opportunities for accelerated mathematics at the secondary level. Algebra I in eighth grade is a strategy that has been previously implemented to provide these additional opportunities and yielded mixed results. Drawing from Burn’s (1978) transformational leadership theory, this study explores the strategies of educational leaders that have led to success for a broad scale implementation of Algebra I for all eighth graders. Qualitative data was collected from schools that meet three criteria: increased enrollment of students in Math 6 Enhanced from the 2020-2021 school year to the 2021-2022 …