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Hess, Frederick M. – American School Board Journal, 2003
Elected school boards' skeptical eyes can guard against bad management practices and ensure that different voices get heard. Problems with board governance are a product of too little democracy. A democratic reform strategy would make board elections partisan, hold them on the same day as elections for more prominent state or national offices,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Effectiveness, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education
Download full textKansas State Board of Education, Topeka. – 1992
This resource guide addresses Outcome 8 of Quality Performance Accreditation (QPA), which was adopted by the Kansas State Board of Education in 1991, to be implemented in all school districts by 1994-95. QPA's stated purpose is to prepare learners to live, learn, and work in a global society. Ten outcomes are identified for schools and communities…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Involvement, Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedLee, Valerie E.; Smith, Julia B. – Sociology of Education, 1993
Reports on a study of the impact of attending restructured schools on the achievement and engagement of 8,845 eighth graders from public, Catholic, and independent schools. Finds modest, but consistently positive, effects on both achievement and engagement. Also finds that students attending smaller schools demonstrated more academic achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Control, Educational Change, Grade 8
