Leading underperforming schools

Distributed Leadership in Schools: Leading or Misleading

It is for this reason that ‘leadership’ has generated an enormous amount of interest among researchers and practitioners. A vast literature on school leadership and leadership theory exists (see Hallinger and Heck, 1996). Yet, despite a substantial research base, a singular, overarching theory of leadership has proved to be elusive. While researchers in many countries continue to produce a stea...

Medical education in China's leading medical schools.

This article gives a general overview of the evolution and present state of the undergraduate medical education system, programs, evaluation methods and conferred degrees in contemporary China. The publication is based on the information collected from on-site visits to the eight (8) leading medical universities, medical education conferences, visits to Ministries of Health and Education and th...

Leading Change in Hillsborough County Public Schools

In August 2010, Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS), in Tampa, Florida, began implementing one of the most ambitious and comprehensive teacher evaluation systems in the United States. Covering all of the district‘s 12,000 K-12 teachers, the new system included three components: peer and mentor evaluations, principal evaluation, and student learning gains using value-added measures. These ...

Rest in underperforming elite competitors.

This study examines the effects of 3-5 weeks of physical rest on selected physical, physiological and psychological parameters obtained from 12 Olympic but latterly underperforming competitors and their matched control subjects. Cardiorespiratory data were directly determined from their work to volitional exhaustion on either a treadmill, cycle, or rowing ergometer. Anaerobic power and capacity...

Vestibular function in children underperforming at school Summary