This article assesses the state of the art in military innovation research. It begins with a
description of the field's four major schools of thought, summarizing their central tenets, key points …

School leadership matters for school outcomes, including student achievement. This
assumption has become commonplace since the publication of the highly influential Wallace …

Employee turnover is a key area for public administration research, but one about which
there is much still to be learned. Insights from an extensive body of research on employee …

It is usually assumed that the Alert Collector column author has some expertise on the
subject covered. This is especially true this issue for author Andrew R. Grissom’s column on …

Bureaucratic representation—the idea that a governmental organization is better situated to
serve its clients when its employee composition reflects that of its client population—has …

While the importance of effective principals is undisputed, few studies have identified specific
skills that principals need to promote school success. This study draws on unique data …

Scholars have long argued that principals should be instructional leaders, but few studies
have empirically linked specific instructional leadership behaviors to school performance. This …

This study draws upon survey and administrative data on over 9,000 teachers in 336 Miami-Dade
County public schools over 2 years to investigate the kinds of collaborations that exist …

Recent operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have reawakened interest in counterland operations.
One battle in particular, Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan, sparked a heated debate …

Students of color are underrepresented in gifted programs relative to White students, but the
reasons for this underrepresentation are poorly understood. We investigate the predictors of …