In their now classic Impossible Jobs in Public Management, Hargrove and Glidewell (1990) ‎argue that public agencies with limited legitimacy, high conflict, low professional authority, and ‎weak "agency myths" have essentially impossible jobs. Leaders of such agencies can do little ‎more...

Although research has been unable to find strong links between observable teacher characteristics and a teacher's ability to improve student achievement, it has generally not considered the role that teacher non-cognitive skills play in affecting student outcomes. In this article, we validate...

I examine the educational emphases of science teachers in Evangelical Protestant (EP) schools, including (1) teaching basic content knowledge, (2) improving scientific reasoning skills, and (3) presenting real-world applications of science. Using a nationally representative sample of US...