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TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL URBAN
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE AGE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY
by
Alvaretta Baxter
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2007
Copyright 2007 Alvaretta Baxter
Object Description
| Title | Traditional and nontraditional urban school superintendents in the age of accountability |
| Author | Baxter, Alvaretta M. |
| Author email | abaxter@paramount.k12.ca.us |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2006-05-09 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-04-17 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Datnow, Amanda |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Gothold, Stuart Wilson, Carol |
| Abstract | In this current age of accountability, urban school boards are looking for innovative ways to foster change in schools and create greater accountability within the public education sector. A question persists of whether greater accountability and more focused efforts toward school reform can be achieved more expeditiously under the assumed "tried-and-true" leadership of traditional superintendents or the supposedly more innovative approaches of a nontraditional superintendent. This study is a comparison of the philosophies and ideas of traditional superintendents and nontraditional superintendents in urban school districts. Ten urban school superintendents created the participant sampling. All were interviewed and shared insightful perspectives on accountability measures pertaining to federal mandates, as outlined by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) initiative, community involvement, and school board relations.; The following conclusions were drawn from the findings: 1. Approaches to accountability should be viewed from all angles for the good of children in urban schools. The ideas and strategies of both traditional superintendents and nontraditional superintendents should be considered and appreciated. 2. The NCLB initiative should be viewed as an inroad to accountability and might be used as leverage for school leaders to effect change in urban districts. 3. Effective school community relations involve communication, collaboration, and empowerment to create an accountable system for reform in urban schools. 4. When hiring a superintendent, school boards must consider the fact that leadership is situational and that the attributes of an individual must be considered on their own merit, not necessarily based on an orientation of traditional or nontraditional.; These implications for policy and practice were derived from a focused effort to understand the perspectives of both types of superintendents and gain greater knowledge toward accountability and reform in urban schools. |
| Keyword | education; leadership; urban schools; superintendents; school reform |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m405 |
| Rights | Baxter, Alvaretta M. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Baxter-20070417 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-Baxter-20070417.pdf |
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| Full text | TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL URBAN SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY by Alvaretta Baxter A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2007 Copyright 2007 Alvaretta Baxter |
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