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Towards a theory of leadership practice: a distributed perspective
- J. Spillane, R. Halverson, J. Diamond
- Sociology
- 1 January 2004
School‐level conditions and school leadership, in particular, are key issues in efforts to change instruction. While new organizational structures and new leadership roles matter to instructional… Expand
Investigating School Leadership Practice: A Distributed Perspective
- J. Spillane, R. Halverson, J. Diamond
- Sociology
- 1 April 2001
actions, and interactions of school leadership as they unfold together in the daily life of schools. The research program involves in-depth observations and interviews with formal and informal… Expand
Managing in the Middle: School Leaders and the Enactment of Accountability Policy
- J. Spillane, J. Diamond, P. Burch, T. Hallett, L. Jita, Jennifer Zoltners
- Sociology
- 1 November 2002
This article investigates how mid-level managers make sense of and mediate district accountability policy. Arguing that teachers’evolving perceptions and understanding of accountability policies are… Expand
Teachers' Expectations and Sense of Responsibility for Student Learning: The Importance of Race, Class, and Organizational Habitus
- J. Diamond, A. Randolph, J. Spillane
- Sociology
- 1 March 2004
This article examines how the concentration of low-income African American students in urban elementary schools is deeply coupled with a leveling of teachers' expectations of students and a reduction… Expand
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Rethinking the Connection Between High-Stakes Testing Policy and Classroom Instruction
- J. Diamond
- Sociology
- 1 October 2007
In this article, the author examines the link between high-stakes testing policies and classroom instruction. Using data from classroom observations and interviews with teachers, he argues that these… Expand
Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement
- J. Diamond
- Sociology
- 1 July 2005
Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement, by John U. Ogbu (with the assistance of Astrid Davis). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003, 320 pp. $32.50,… Expand
High-Stakes Accountability in Urban Elementary Schools: Challenging or Reproducing Inequality?.
- J. Diamond, J. Spillane
- Political Science, Sociology
- 2002
In this article, the authors use data from interviews and observations in four urban elementary schoolsFtwo high-performing and two probation schoolsFto examine how schools respond to high-stakes… Expand
Accountability Policy, School Organization, and Classroom Practice
- J. Diamond
- Sociology
- 8 January 2012
In this article, the author examines the links between high stakes testing policies, school organization processes, and instructional practice using data from a study of K-5 and K-8 schools in… Expand
Urban school leadership for elementary science instruction: Identifying and activating resources in an undervalued school subject
- J. Spillane, J. Diamond, L. Walker, R. Halverson, L. Jita
- Sociology
- 1 October 2001
This article explores school leadership for elementary school science teaching in an urban setting. We examine how school leaders bring resources together to enhance science instruction when there… Expand
African American Parents’ Educational Orientations
- J. Diamond, K. Gomez
- Psychology
- 1 August 2004
Research on race, social class, and parent involvement in education often implies that parents’ educational orientations result directly from their social class or racial group backgrounds. In this… Expand
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