Educating Amid Uncertainty: The Organizational Supports Teachers Need to Serve Students in High-Poverty, Urban Schools

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 753-790

  Kraft, Matthew A ^a   Papay, John P ^a   Johnson, Susan Moore ^b   Charner Laird, Megin ^c   Ng, Monica ^b   Reinhorn, Stefanie ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discipline; high poverty schools; parental engagement; principals; school working conditions; student support services; teachers; urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944907856     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X15607617     Document Type: Article

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