Journal article
Confronting Rapid Change: Exploring the Practices of Educational Leaders in a Rural Boomtown
Leadership and policy in schools, v 16(4), pp 602-628
01 Jan 2017
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Abstract
Hydraulic fracturing has altered the face of rural communities across the United States, creating new demands for educational leaders. This in-depth qualitative study explores how rural educational leaders in a heavily drilled community experience and respond to these challenges with a focus on increased local student transiency, homelessness, and the influx of newcomers, including English language learners. The research finds that leaders respond to transient outsider needs through a discourse of compliance and engage in contextually responsive, collaborative responses to meet the needs of community insiders. The authors find little evidence of critical place-conscious leadership in this rapidly changing social and economic context.
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- Title
- Confronting Rapid Change: Exploring the Practices of Educational Leaders in a Rural Boomtown
- Creators
- Erin McHenry-Sorbera - West Virginia Univ, Dept Curriculum & Instruct, Morgantown, WV 26506 USAKathleen Provinzano - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Leadership and policy in schools, v 16(4), pp 602-628
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 27
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000424436300003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84989221909
- Other Identifier
- 991019168284704721
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- Web of Science research areas
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