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Where Missouri School Leaders Can Make the Biggest Difference
A Wallace Foundation research review that looks at How Leadership Influences Student Learning offers many insights for current or aspiring Missouri principals and superintendents. In the first of a series of related posts, we’ll consider one finding: the impact of a strong school leader is “greatest in schools with the greatest need.” Often, those at-risk […]
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September 25th, 2014
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A wide-angle take on improving school health
One issue facing Missouri school leaders that underscores the daily — sometimes hourly — need for superintendents to rally cooperation across audiences is the pursuit of improved school health. Writing in the Journal of School Health in 1987, Diane Allensworth and Lloyd Kolbe named eight features to a healthy school: Health Education Physical Education Health […]
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August 15th, 2014
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