Mary Kreger, Katherine Sargent Cairoli, Claire D Brindis
An Underpinning of School Inequities: Asthma Absences and Lost Revenue in California Schools
The Journal of school health
purpose article describes reports results testing new conception leadership influences student learning four paths framework leadership influence conceptualized flowing along four paths rational emotions organizational family toward student learning path populated multiple variables less powerful effects student learning leaders increase student learning improving condition status selected variables paths research methods evidence includes teacher responses online survey 1445 responses measuring distributed leadership practices schools n 199 variables mediating leaders effects students grade 3 6 math literacy achievement data provided provinces annual testing program 2006 canadian census data provided composite measure school socioeconomic status path modeling techniques used test six hypotheses results four paths model whole explains 43 variation student achievement variables rational emotions family paths explain similarly significant amounts variation variables organizational path unrelated student achievement leadership greatest influence organizational path least influence family path implications school leaders leadership researchers guided much directly existing evidence school classroom family variables powerful effects student learning make school improvement research design decisions