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Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2024
This Playbook aims to assist school districts and school leaders as they develop or revise their policies to guide the presence and use of personal devices in schools. It outlines a process by which school district and school leaders can engage students, educators, and parents as partners in the development of school district or school-based…
Descriptors: School Policy, Board of Education Policy, Ownership, Handheld Devices
McShane, Michael Q. – EdChoice, 2018
As more and more cities and states diversify the educational options available to parents and students, creating magnet, open-enrollment, small school, career and technical, charter, and private school opportunities, educational choice markets need to become a part of the regulation conversation. In this report, Mike McShane examines the…
Descriptors: Federal Regulation, Educational Legislation, School Policy, Educational Policy
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2011
Everybody agrees that school bullying is a major problem, but considerable controversy exists over the best way to address the problem. The following discussion presents (a) a brief analysis and synthesis of the current state of the art, (b) underscores the need to avoid another piecemeal set of policy and practice initiatives, and (c) stresses…
Descriptors: Bullying, Intervention, Educational Environment, School Policy
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Perry, Laura B. – Educational Policy, 2009
Although theorists and policy makers agree that schooling should be democratic, what this exactly means often varies. This article establishes a conceptual model for analyzing education policy in democratic societies, based on the key concepts of equality, diversity, participation, choice, and cohesion. The model facilitates the design,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Democratic Values, Educational Policy, Social Values
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2009
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is committed to bringing together museums and libraries across the country for conversations dedicated to developing a better understanding of the roles of libraries and museums as providers of public service to communities. The Future of Libraries and Museums in the 21st Century Planning…
Descriptors: Library Role, Museums, Libraries, Library Services
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Ammon, Ulrich – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
Language-spread policy (LSP) is policy promulgated by groups seeking to spread their languages to speakers or communicative domains. LSP can be internal or external, overt or disguised, and related in different ways to national policy. Intent may be to increase native-language advantage in international communication, disseminate ideology, create…
Descriptors: Geographic Distribution, Language Planning, Language Research, Language Role
AGB Reports, 1988
A list of trustee responsibilities, as adapted from a private college's trustee handbook, includes suggestions for active involvement in decision making, self-education about the institution and issues, and participation in meetings. (MSE)
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Decision Making, Governance, Governing Boards
Davies, John L. – 1982
The effectiveness, behavior, and role of the consultant as policy advisor is examined in light of three operating assumptions: (1) that educational organiztions are subject to politicization; (2) that the consultant's primary role is to assist in nonroutine, potentially controversial policy decisions; and (3) that the consultant must therefore…
Descriptors: Consultants, Decision Making, Educational Administration, Governance
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De Vuyst, J. – Comparative Education, 1984
Difficulties in the Federal Republic of Germany illustrate the problems of transferring educational policy-making from national state authorities to local communities. Important initiatives in equalization of teacher pay and standardization of teacher training were attempted during 1970-1980, but did not achieve success. Political competition was…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal State Relationship
Zeldin, Shepherd; Camino, Linda; Calvert, Matthew – Society for Research in Child Development, 2003
For more than a decade, many researchers and practitioners have endorsed a "positive youth development" approach, which views adolescents as active contributors to their own development and as assets to their communities. As part of this shift, youth are increasingly being invited to engage in community governance. In youth…
Descriptors: Governance, Youth Leaders, Policy Formation, Cultural Context
Parsons, Michael D. – 1992
The purpose of this paper, the initial report of an ongoing study, is threefold. One is to present and demonstrate the use of the sociology of translation as a methodological framework for the study of power within the higher education policy arena. The second is to define the boundaries and shape of that arena, and the third is to define the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Legislation, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Ruppert, Sandra S. – 1996
In the context of the increasing transfer of power from the federal government to state governments, this report analyzes existing data and offers critical information about state legislative higher education policy and insights into the values and attitudes legislators hold about higher education. The report's conclusions are based on a study…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, College Role, Educational Finance
Paludi, Michele A., Ed. – 1996
The 13 papers in this book deal with issues concerning sexual harassment on college campuses including the abuse of power and ways to set up policy statements and develop effective grievance procedures. Part 1 examines legal, methodological, and conceptual issues of harassment; Part 2 considers issues of abuse of the power of the professoriate and…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, College Faculty, College Students, Counseling Techniques
MacTaggart, Terrence J., Ed. – 1996
This book presents nine papers about changing the way public higher education is governed. After providing an overview of the recent history of governance restructuring or renewal in public higher education in the United States, the book focuses on restructuring in five states: North Dakota, Massachusetts, Alaska, Maryland, and Minnesota. Part 1…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Governing Councils