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Name: Defying Gravity
ID: m14543
Language: English (en)
Summary: This case study covers a wide variety of challenges facing administrators as they make an effort to improve the learning environments of impoverished communities. It may be used in an introductory course for aspiring school leaders and practitioners in the field of school leadership. This case also presents myriad complex organizational issues that may be used in educational leadership programs.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: case study, change, culture, curriculum, diversity, educational administration, NCPEA
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Christa Boske (boskec@uhcl.edu)
Copyright Holders: Christa Boske (boskec@uhcl.edu)
Maintainers: National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (tcreigh@vt.edu), Christa Boske (boskec@uhcl.edu)
Latest version: 1.1 (history)
First publication date: May 22, 2007 10:58 am -0500
Last revision to module: May 22, 2007 3:41 pm -0500

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