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Approved To Fail: A Case Study Of Leadership At Three New High Schools, Sarah Melvoin Bridich
Approved To Fail: A Case Study Of Leadership At Three New High Schools, Sarah Melvoin Bridich
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies: Faculty Scholarship
Purpose
This paper explores how leaders of new public high schools – one charter and two innovation schools – navigated the journey from school-in-theory to school-in-practice during the school's first three years. School leaders at charter and innovation schools have increased freedom over curriculum, budget, scheduling and personnel when compared to leaders in traditional public schools.
Design/methodology/approach
Using case study research, this qualitative, multisite study of school leaders at three schools in an urban district in Colorado examined the realities leaders experienced during the first three years of their schools. School leaders participated in semi-structured interviews, which were coded and …