NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 12 results Save | Export
Hess, Frederick M. – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2006
The author forthrightly declares in this book of essays on school reform that teachers are no more saintly than anyone else, that poor schools should be closed and lousy teachers should be fired, that philanthropy may sometimes do more harm than good, that teaching experience is not essential to being a school principal, that schools should be…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teaching Experience, Essays, Competition
Glickman, Carl D., Ed. – 1992
Current restructuring of education calls for more teacher involvement in the planning and delivery of instruction. This yearbook gives examples of teacher involvement as it updates the supervision process. Four sections include 13 essays by various authors. The first section is entitled "The Context" and includes four essays: (1)…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement
Fine, Michelle, Ed. – 1994
This book presents essays written by school reformers that discuss the reform movement and examine the partnership that inspired the creation of small, intimate school communities known as charters. They also reflect on the comprehensive changes that inform each charter and the personal and collective struggles to institutionalize these new…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Discipline Problems, Educational Change, Essays
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1994
This booklet contains the stories of six teachers who discuss, step by step, how they each handled a specific restructuring challenge in their schools. They describe what strategies worked and what did not, and provide diagrams and checklists to help other teachers. Chapter 1 describes the implementation of a collaborative school-based…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making, School Based Management
Hannaway, Jane, Ed.; Carnoy, Martin, Ed. – 1993
In this book, eight contributors examine issues related to the likely effects of the decentralization of school governance on educational practice. Two major themes emerge in the book. The first (chapters 1 through 4) is that governance reforms in education may have little to do with what actually happens in schools, but have much to do with…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Kayes, Myron S., Ed.; Maranto, Robert, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
This book is a short edited volume that brings together in one place, the best scholarly articles in charter schooling by national experts and leaders, written in a user-friendly fashion. It is the ideal introduction for those interested in the charter school movement with numerous insights for and by charter operators, administrators, and…
Descriptors: Essays, Educational History, Educational Change, Urban Schools
Cochran-Smith, Marilyn, Ed.; Zeichner, Kenneth M., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
This landmark volume presents the work of the American Educational Research Association's Panel on Research and Teacher Education. It represents a systematic effort to apply a common set of scholarly lenses to a range of important topics in teacher education. The Panel's charge was twofold: (1) to create for the larger educational research…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Characteristics, Research Design, Educational Change
Darling-Hammond, Linda, Ed. – 1994
This book describes a recent trend in the school restructuring movement--the professional-development school. These schools are committed to the acquisition and sharing of knowledge among all members of the educational community and depend on research-practitioner collaboration. In nine chapters, contributors explain the function, structure, and…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1993
In the Teacher-to-Teacher series of the National Education Association's Professional Library, teachers speak directly to other teachers about school restructuring issues. This volume covers issues in student assessment, focusing on student portfolios and their uses in reflecting student processes, collaboration, and literacy. Various portfolios…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
IMPACT II--The Teachers Network, New York, NY. – 1994
The Teachers Network created The Teachers Voice Initiative to bring teachers together and empower them to create their vision of the future of education. This book presents the perspectives of participating teachers, who report on their experiences as agents of change and designers of curriculum. Papers include: "Teacher Leadership for Creating…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Cohen, David K., Ed.; And Others – 1993
Teaching for understanding is a concept that portrays teachers as guides, coaches, and facilitators of student learning. This book, which provides concrete illustrations of what teaching for understanding entails, is divided into chapters as follows: (1) "Introduction: New Visions of Teaching" (Milbrey W. McLaughlin, Joan E. Talbert);…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Context Effect, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Kentucky Univ.-Louisville Univ., KY. Joint Center for the Study of Educational Policy. – 1996
This review of research identifies, reviews, and summarizes studies that address the implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA) and that focus on the effects of the reforms on students, teachers, and other stakeholders. Introductory summary overviews are included in the areas of finance, governance, and curriculum, and on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education