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Mann, Dale – Executive Educator, 1985
Outlines statistical data on national curriculum patterns. Fewer than two percent of all graduating seniors meet or exceed the standards for college-bound students. Includes statistical data on courses students study, number of students per computer, dropout rates, activities of graduates, and test score averages.(MD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation
Download full textConley, David T. – 1991
After describing the economic, social, and technological forces that aggravate the discrepancy between the emerging social structure of society and the organization of schools and necessitate educational restructuring, this document discusses renewal, reform, and restructuring as three levels of efforts toward change in schools. Brief…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum, Economic Change, Educational Change
George, Paula – 2001
This study skills curriculum is designed to assist students who are deaf or hearing impaired to prepare for college life. It presents lesson plans and activities that address the following topics: (1) effective school tools; (2) effective school attitudes; (3) effective school behaviors; (4) time management and goal settings, including keeping…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Fried, Robert L. – 2001
This book is a guide to reclaiming students' passionate engagement in learning. It uses stories from classrooms; the voices of teachers, parents, and students; and practical suggestions to advocate a view of curriculum as a web of relationships. There are 16 chapters in four parts. Part 1, "The Promise of Passionate Learning," includes…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education
Spady, William G.; Marx, Gary – 1984
Several major reports on the status of education in the United States have been presented to the public and to educators and government bodies in recent years. Nine of these reports provide the source material for this document on the state of the search for educational excellence: Adler's "Paideia Proposal,""A Nation at…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Hannaford, Brian D. – 1986
This book by a former principal of Marion High School in Adelaide, South Australia who held that post from 1972 to 1983, examines the influence of theory and practice of secondary education in many countries upon the management of the school during those years. The first 17 chapters discuss the management of the school as a whole, addressing the…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Thomas, J. Alan; Kemmerer, Frances – 1983
Chapter 1 of this study discusses sources of educational inequality in terms of criteria for resource allocation, definitions of educational equity, and equity and efficiency in the classroom. Following the second chapter's review of literature on how resources affect learning, chapter 3 offers a theory of resource allocation education. The fourth…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum, Decision Making, Educational Equity (Finance)
