The role of management and representation in improving performance of disadvantaged students: An application of Bum Phillips's "Don Shula Rule"

Meier, Kenneth John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-0855, Doerfler, Carl, Hawes, Daniel, Hicklin, Alisa K. and Rocha, Rene R. 2006. The role of management and representation in improving performance of disadvantaged students: An application of Bum Phillips's "Don Shula Rule". Review of Policy Research 23 (5) , pp. 1095-1110. 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2006.00251.x

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Abstract

Scholars and practitioners within the U.S. education system have focused considerable attention on developing new programs aimed at raising educational achievement for disadvantaged students. New programs are only one way to improve student performance, however; recent work in public administration suggests that public management and implementation practices might also have a large impact on student performance. Existing research shows that managerial networking, managerial quality, and effective personnel management can significantly improve the quality of the education received by disadvantaged students. Additional work highlights the contribution of representative bureaucracy. Because these research agendas have targeted the public administration literature rather than the education policy literature, this article seeks to bring this research back to education policy. Using data from several hundred Texas public school districts, spanning 1995 to 2002, and focusing on disadvantaged student performance (Latinos, blacks, and low-income students), this article illustrates how both management and processes to enhance the representativeness of teaching faculty produce benefits for disadvantaged students.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LD Individual institutions (United States)
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	1541-132X
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2023 15:40
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/42432

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