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Author:   Karen S. Louis ,  Sharon Kruse
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   Corwin Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780803962538

ISBN 10:   0803962533
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   18 May 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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PART ONE: PROBLEMS AND CONCEPTSProfessionalism and Community - Karen Seashore Louis, Sharon D Kruse and Anthony S Bryk What Is It and Why Is It Important in Urban Schools?An Emerging Framework for Analyzing School-Based Professional Community - Sharon D Kruse, Karen Seashore Louis and Anthony S BrykPART TWO: CASES FROM URBAN SCHOOLSProfessional Community and Its Yield at Metro Academy - Mary Anne RaywidThomas Paine High School - Jean A King and Daniel A Weiss Professional Community in an Unlikely SettingCatalyzing Professional Community in a School Reform Left Behind - Sharon Rollow and Anthony S BrykChanging the Tire on a Moving Bus - M Peg Lonnquist and Jean A King Barriers to Professional Community at Whitehead SchoolDewey Middle School - Daniel A Weiss, Karen Seashore Louis and Jeremy Hopkins Getting Past the First Stages of RestructuringPART THREE: REFLECTIONS ON PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY IN URBAN SCHOOLSDeveloping Professional Community in New and Restructuring Urban Schools - Sharon D Kruse and Karen Seashore LouisGetting There - Karen Seashore Louis and Sharon D Kruse Promoting Professional Community in Urban Schools

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Karen Seashore Louis is the Rodney Wallace Professor of Educational Policy and Administration at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Her area of expertise includes improvement in K-12 leadership and policy over the last 30 years, particularly in urban secondary schools. Louis also conducts research on organizational changes within higher education, with particular attention to faculty roles, and on international comparative policy in educational reform. A past president of Division A of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), she is a widely published author in the field. Recent books include Organizing for School Change, Leadership for Change and School Improvement: International Perspectives, Handbook of Educational Administration, Second Edition, and Organizational Learning in Schools. Louis earned a bachelor's degree in History from Swarthmore College and a doctorate in sociology from Columbia University. Sharon D. Kruse is a professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership at the University of Akron. Over the past decade, she has studied school leadership and successful school improvement practices. She previously worked with Karen Seashore Louis coauthoring Professionalism and Community: Perspective on Reforming Urban Schools (Corwin Press 1995) and with Bob Johnson Jr. coauthoring Decision Making for Educational Leaders: Under-Examined Dimensions and Issues.

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