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Brown@65 | Growing Critically Conscious Teachers: The Responsibility of Educational Leaders by Brandi N. Hinnant-Crawford, PhD

In 1935, in the Journal of Negro Education, WEB DuBois posed the question: Does the Negro need separate schools?  His answer foreshadowed the aftermath of forced desegregation when he explained:  “They are needed just so far as they are necessary for the proper education of the Negro race. The proper education of any people includes sympathetic touch between teacher… Read More Brown@65 | Growing Critically Conscious Teachers: The Responsibility of Educational Leaders by Brandi N. Hinnant-Crawford, PhD

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Principals’ Conceptions of Instructional Leadership and Their Informal Social Networks: An Exploration of the Mechanisms of the Mesolevel by Jessica G. Rigby

School principals are expected to be the instructional leaders of their buildings. But what does it mean to be an “instructional leader”? Imagine yourself as a first-year principal. Before you step into the position, you have an idea about what it means to be an instructional leader from your own experience as a teacher, and… Read More Principals’ Conceptions of Instructional Leadership and Their Informal Social Networks: An Exploration of the Mechanisms of the Mesolevel by Jessica G. Rigby

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