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Being Scrappy: Charter School Leaders And The Transition To The Principalship At Title I Schools, Kalin Balcomb
Being Scrappy: Charter School Leaders And The Transition To The Principalship At Title I Schools, Kalin Balcomb
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
While the experiences and challenges of principals at Title I schools has been studied, this research builds on those studies with the added dimension of exploring the perspectives of charter school principals who are new to the role and are working in the landscape of Title I schools in Los Angeles. This dissertation examines the history of charter schools and provides a contextual overview of charter schools and charter school accountability measures in the United States and in Los Angeles, with the added political context of the charter school landscape in Los Angeles after the historic Los Angeles teacher union …