Justice in the Gaps: School Leader Dispositions and the Use of Data to Address the Opportunity Gap

Autor/inn/en	Flores, Osly J.; Gunzenhauser, Michael G.
Titel	Justice in the Gaps: School Leader Dispositions and the Use of Data to Address the Opportunity Gap
Quelle	In: Urban Education, 56 (2021) 2, S.261-288 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gunzenhauser, Michael G.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0859
DOI	10.1177/0042085918801431
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Achievement Gap; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; School Districts; Urban Schools; Suburban Schools; Data Analysis; Administrator Characteristics; Instructional Leadership; Educational Opportunities; Social Justice; African American Students; Decision Making; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Principal; Schulleiter; School district; Schulbezirk; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; Vorort; Vorstadt; Auswertung; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht
Abstract	This article addresses what we are calling "the gaps," the divergent and contextual understandings of "opportunity gap" and "achievement gap" evident in interviews with principals and school district leaders. Drawing from a sample of 22 interviews in urban, inner-ring suburban, and outer-ring suburban schools in a northeastern state, we explore how school leaders define the "gaps," use data (in its many forms) to pose questions and construct solutions, and position themselves. Analysis unearthed varied dispositions among the school leaders about how to frame gaps in achievement and opportunity, varied capacities to address these gaps, and varied leadership responses. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01