Turning around at-Risk Schools: What Effective Principals Do.

Nor, Sharifah Md; Roslan, Samsilah

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Title:	Turning around at-Risk Schools: What Effective Principals Do
Authors:	Nor, Sharifah Md; Roslan, Samsilah
Descriptors:	Educational Change; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Principals; Low Achievement; Behavior Problems; Educational Quality; Administrator Role; Educational Environment; High Schools; Change Strategies; Educational Improvement; School Culture; Parent Participation; Cultural Pluralism; Student Motivation
Source:	International Journal on School Disaffection, v6 n2 p21-29 2009
More Info: Help Peer Reviewed:	Yes
Publisher:	National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. Clemson University, 209 Martin Street, Clemson, SC 29631. Tel: 864-656-2599; Fax: 864-656-0136; e-mail: ndpc@clemson.edu; Web site: http://www.dropoutprevention.org/ndpcdefault.htm
Publication Date:	2009-00-00
Pages:	9
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Abstract:	At-risk schools are defined by the Department of Education in the state of Selangor, Malaysia as schools with serious disciplinary problems and low academic achievement. In 2003, the Selangor Department of Education identified 22 schools in this category (Selangor State Department of Education, 2003). Some have shown remarkable improvements and have turned around the situation from being "at-risk" to "excellent." This paper is based on a qualitative study of two selected turn-around at-risk schools, one in the State of Selangor and the other in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Both had been listed as at-risk by the education department, but are now considered as exemplary due to their accomplishments in various endeavors. In this paper, the authors describe and discuss what principals in these schools did to change the climate of their schools into a positive one that enabled them to turn around their at-risk schools to schools deemed as excellent.
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Identifiers:	Malaysia
Record Type:	Journal
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ISSN:	ISSN-1478-8497
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	High Schools

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