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Shirley Chisholm Had Guts, Marilyn L. Grady, Barbara Lacost
Shirley Chisholm Had Guts, Marilyn L. Grady, Barbara Lacost
Journal of Women in Educational Leadership
We note the passing of Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005), a 1993 inductee to the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Journal Of Women In Educational Leadership, Vol. 3, No. 1-January 2005
Journal Of Women In Educational Leadership, Vol. 3, No. 1-January 2005
Journal of Women in Educational Leadership
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Voices Of Women In The Field -- Advice From Women Rural Superintendents, Kaye Lynn Peery
Voices Of Women In The Field -- Advice From Women Rural Superintendents, Kaye Lynn Peery
Journal of Women in Educational Leadership
This summary is based on interviews with women rural superintendents. As more women become superintendents, they will need information about their new roles. Often they do not have access to the network of other rural superintendents. This summary is a "quick" guide for the women who will enter their first rural superintendency.
Advice From The Field In Educational Leadership For Female Principals, Carole Funk, Barbara Polnick
Advice From The Field In Educational Leadership For Female Principals, Carole Funk, Barbara Polnick
Journal of Women in Educational Leadership
The number of female school principals in the United States continues to grow each year, and many of these women are evolving into outstanding educational leaders. Cultural and gender barriers, however, continue to limit their leadership effectiveness despite their overall achievements. Many of these women have not maximized their leadership effectiveness despite their overall achievements. Many of these women have not maximized their leadership effectiveness because they work in cultures that are not conducive to their transformational leadership styles. In addressing these issues, the authors of this article have provided a research synthesis regarding the female principal-ship in order to …
Review Of Closing The Leadership Gap: Why Women Can And Must Help Run The World By Marie C. Wilson., Linda L. Lyman
Review Of Closing The Leadership Gap: Why Women Can And Must Help Run The World By Marie C. Wilson., Linda L. Lyman
Journal of Women in Educational Leadership
Reading this book helps one place the struggle for gender equity In leadership of schools into its rightful larger context: equal numbers of women in school, district, and university leadership will contribute to transforming not only these organizations, but also American culture, and ultimately the world. Starkly stated, Wilson's premise is ''that our future depends on the leadership of women-not to replace men, but to transform our options alongside them" (p. x). Growing poverty, a broken health care system, looming environmental problems, and other human and organizational crises throughout the fabric of our society reinforce the need for new options.
Observations Of Chat Room Conversations On The Internet: Implications For Educators Addressing The Needs Of Female Adolescents, Dixie Sanger, Mitzi Ritzaman, Barbara Lacost, Keri Stofer, Amie Long, Marilyn L. Grady
Observations Of Chat Room Conversations On The Internet: Implications For Educators Addressing The Needs Of Female Adolescents, Dixie Sanger, Mitzi Ritzaman, Barbara Lacost, Keri Stofer, Amie Long, Marilyn L. Grady
Journal of Women in Educational Leadership
This qualitative study explored the meanings of chat room conversations through observations of teenagers using the Internet. Adolescent girls were a focus because of their shaky sense of self. Participants in ten chat rooms included 534 individuals. Six themes, emerging from analyzing 2526 utterances [descriptive statements], included (a) communicating with abbreviations and acronyms, (b) requesting/providing personal information, (c) requesting/providing pictures, (d) requesting/accepting private chats, (e) using profanity/vulgarity or sexual comments, and (f) using figurative language or sarcasm. Implications were outlined to assist educators addressing the needs of female adolescents.
Voices Of Women In The Field--External Factors Can Affect Goals, Nancy Fuller
Voices Of Women In The Field--External Factors Can Affect Goals, Nancy Fuller
Journal of Women in Educational Leadership
I prided myself as being one who embraced change. I often became disgusted with my fellow teachers when they dragged their feet and resisted district initiatives. I also believed in setting goals and then managing the tasks that allows one to reach the goals. I thought it was merely a matter of purposeful planning, effort, and time that allowed one to meet goals. However, through a chain of events and life's hard knocks, I discovered that the goal premise did not necessarily work.