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Districts Developing Leaders: Lessons on Consumer Actions and Program Approaches from Eight Urban Districts

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Districts Developing Leaders: Lessons on Consumer Actions and Program Approaches from Eight Urban Districts

 

The Eight School Districts and Their University Affiliates

We selected eight school districts from a pool of 15 Wallacefunded sites that received funding and resources to support their leadership preparation efforts for three or more years. The districts ranged in size from 34 schools to more than 650. All had significant school improvement needs, according to their Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status. They varied in their leadership needs, based on growth or decline in student population, principal retirement and turnover, and the pressure of under-performing schools. Seven of the eight districts formed an affiliation with one or more local universities for their grant-funded leadership preparation efforts leading to certification (see table below).

School districts, their enrollment, AYP status, and primary university affiliates for leader preparation

School District Number of
Students
Number of
Schools
Meeting Federal AYP* Primary University Affiliate
Boston, Mass.56,168143NoUniversity of Massachusetts Boston
Chicago, Illinois380,787655NoUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Fort Wayne, Indiana31,60653No---
Jefferson County, Kentucky92,000157NoUniversity of Louisville initially, and later added Bellarmine and Spalding universities and Indiana University Southeast
Providence, Rhode Island23,34452NoUniversity of Rhode Island
Springfield, Illinois28,00034NoIllinois State University
Springfield, Mass.25,23355No
(for some schools)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
St. Louis, Missouri30,00084NoUniversity of Missouri–Columbia

* AYP status of all schools and districts is for 2007–08.

 

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