Professional Strategy for the School Administrator

The professional guardian: a new type of non-institutional administrator.

The Strategy of Professional Forecasting∗

We develop and compare two theories of professional forecasters’ strategic behavior. The first theory, reputational cheap talk, posits that forecasters aim at convincing the market that they are well informed. The market evaluates their forecasting talent on the basis of the forecasts and the realized state. If the market expects the forecasters to report their posterior expectations honestly, ...

A Comparative Investigation of the Backchanneling Strategy in English Language Textbooks for Iranian School Students

This qualitative study is an attempt to develop our knowledge on using the back-channels in English conversations as a secondlanguage obtaining English language textbooks for Iranian school students through the old and new educational system. The textbook ofsecond guidance school grade has been compared with seventh juniorhigh school grade (as the frst group), and the textbook...

Developing a University–School District Partnership: Researcher–District Administrator Collaboration for a Special Education Initiative

This case study examined the development of a university–school district partnership designed to support a special education initiative with 156 students of middle socioeconomic backgrounds in Grades 4 to 7 using critical-sampling, single-case, and documentation methods. It identified four essential elements of researcher–district administrator collaboration: a developmental process led by the ...

The Importance of Professional Learning Communities for School Improvement

In this article, we begin with a discussion of the development and sustaining of professional learning communities. We proposed that PLCs can be an effective form of professional development for teachers. This professional development can be facilitated by the principal. The necessary cultural components for effective professional learning communities are also included. Embedded in the discussi...