Studies in school improvement

Preface, Wayne K. Hoy and Michael DiPaola. Transformational School Leadership Effects on Schools, Teachers, and Students, Kenneth Leithwood and Jing-Ping Sun. A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Change Orientations in Schools, Sean Kearney and Page A. Smith. Interventions to Improve Instruction: How Implementation Strategies Affect Instructional Change, Brian Rowan and Richard Correnti. Academic Optimism and Achievement: A Path Model, Misty M. Kirby and Michael F. DiPaola. Middle School Reform and Its Relationship to Learning Environments and Student Outcomes, Nancy L. Jadallah and Diana G. Pounder. Continuation High Schools: A Descriptive Study of a Major California Dropout Prevention Program, Lynne G. Perez and Joseph F. Johnson, Jr. Culture and Process in Effective School Districts, William A. Firestone. Professionalism in Teaching: Toward a Structural Theory of Professionalism, Eileen McMahon and Wayne K. Hoy. Teacher - School Board Member Trust as a Bridge to School Effectiveness: Relationships and Organizational Structure, Pamela A. Lenz. Conceptualizing and Validating a Measure of Student Trust, Curt M. Adams and Patrick B. Forsyth. The Effects of National Origin of Applicants on Admission Decisions for a Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership: Is It a Level Playing Field? I. Phillip Young and Karen Holsey Young. About the Editors. About the Contributors.