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John Jacobs; David Lopez – WestEd, 2023
Despite long-standing efforts to address and eliminate disproportionality in special education, inequities remain and continue to negatively impact Black, Indigenous, and other students of color with Individualized Education Programs. This brief from the Western Educational Equity Assistance Center (WEEAC) supports state education agencies, local…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disproportionate Representation, Equal Education, Educational Practices
James R. Johnsen, Editor – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024
American public higher education systems include the largest and most impactful colleges and universities in the nation, including 75 percent of the nation's public sector students. While their impact is enormous, they are largely neglected as an area of study and underutilized as an instrument for the improvement of postsecondary outcomes.…
Descriptors: State Universities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment
Aspen Institute, 2014
To assist system administrators as they pursue their own teacher leadership initiatives, this profile from Leading Educators and the Aspen Institute details the steps Denver Public Schools (DPS) took to design and implement its Differentiated Roles pilot. Specifically, it examines the initiative's opportunities and challenges within the context of…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Leadership, Program Development, Program Descriptions
Reedy, Kristen; Lacireno-Paquet, Natalie – WestEd, 2015
States, school districts, and schools across the country are increasingly implementing multi-tier systems of support (MTSS) to improve outcomes for all students. Kansas is no exception. The Kansas MTSS is designed to improve outcomes for all students by instituting system-level change across the classroom, school, district, and state. Such…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Educational Change
Eck, James H.; Bellamy, G. Thomas; Schaffer, Eugene; Stringfield, Sam; Reynolds, David – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2011
The authors of this monograph assert that by assisting school systems to more closely resemble "high reliability" organizations (HROs) that already exist in other industries and benchmarking against top-performing education systems from around the globe, America's school systems can transform themselves from compliance-driven…
Descriptors: Best Practices, School Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Commercialization
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2011
This report begins with conclusions drawn from a wide range of research, reports, and other sources that convey what superintendents say is driving their work. The focus first is on what they identify as the challenges and frustrations of the job and what they say are factors interfering with student progress. Then, discussion turns to the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Barriers, Superintendents, School Districts
Chance, Patti L. – Eye on Education, 2009
Like the bestselling first edition, this introductory textbook succinctly presents concepts and theories of educational leadership and organizational behavior and immediately applies them to problems of practice. It includes practical case studies, real-world scenarios and analyses, reflection questions, and straightforward explanations of…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Systems Approach, School Effectiveness, Information Transfer
St. John, Mark; Heenan, Barbara; Helms, Jenifer – Inverness Research Associates, 2007
This brief draws upon the five-year evaluation study of the San Diego Urban Systemic Project (USP) that Inverness Research Associates conducted from 2001 to 2006. The intended audiences for this brief are those interested in investing in, supporting, or designing initiatives that aim to improve math and science education in large urban districts.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Science Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement
McCredie, Jack; Updegrove, Dan – Cause/Effect, 1999
Offers 20 practical guidelines for colleges and universities embarking on large-scale administrative software initiatives or enterprise resource planning systems. Guidelines are based on the extensive experience of the authors and a series of panel discussions at 1999 professional meetings. (DB)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs
Donald, A. Wayne; Naff, Michael – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1993
The process used to engineer and manage major organizational change at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is described. Issues include defining change, gaining support, organizing to facilitate change, staff development, establishing project strategies, and measuring success. The role of the institution's information…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Higher Education, Information Technology
Penrod, James I.; Dolence, Michael G. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1991
The concept of reengineering is examined as it applies to colleges and universities, with emphasis upon information technology units. Covered are the purposes, principles, and process of reengineering; organizational change; leadership; reengineering the information technology unit; and critical success factors for reengineering higher education.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Engineering, Higher Education, Information Technology
Stanford, Barbara – 1998
Although models of successful school innovations exist, some reformers are giving up on the public schools. To address this problem, some suggestions for educators who want usable concepts to reform education are presented. The book is intended for the busy professionals devoted to education-teachers, teachers, administrators, curriculum…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Salisbury, Christine; Strieker, Toni; Roach, Virginia; McGregor, Gail – 2001
This guidebook describes large scale change strategies to develop inclusive approaches to educational policy and practice at the state and district levels. The information was developed under the auspices of a 5-year federally funded project, "The Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices," which gathered and synthesized information about…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Sands, Gene C.; Smith, Rick J. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 1999
Suggestions for restructuring marketing efforts within colleges and universities stress the institution's primary profit center: student recruitment and retention. Techniques such as continuous quality improvement and implementation of a task force concept are recommended as a way of synergistically employing all the institution's assets and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Colleges, Higher Education
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Kirby, William S. – SRA Journal, 1996
Argues that to make improvements in sponsored research administration, it is necessary to understand that: it is a system of interdependent components, and improvement requires systematic, highly integrated methods and a holistic view of the role of research administration in the larger research system. Provides a framework for…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
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