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Program Development Trends and Issues: The Cleveland Leadership Academy.
Crisci, Pat Eva; Tutela, Alfred D. – 1987
This paper focuses on public school program development to correct the effects of segregation. It suggests concrete measures and plans for the Cleveland Leadership Academy, which is designed to enhance instruction and access. Cleveland City School District's Remedial Order is a court-approved blueprint for desegregation that mandated management…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Training
The Principal as Maker of a Local Innovation Policy Linking Research to Practice.
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Vandenberghe, Roland – 1987
The general meaning of research data drawn from study of school improvement programs creates the opportunity for sound theory building. By emphasizing the principal's role in policy development, this paper analyzes the characteristics of large-scale educational innovation projects and their explanatory foundations. Belgium's comprehensive Renewed…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
Improving Elementary School Students' Bus Behavior through a Driver and Student Training Program.
Richardson, Donald M. – 1986
This practicum report analyzes a driver and student training program developed at an elementary school to improve students' bus conduct. Seventy percent of students require transportation by school bus. Except for chronic bus misconduct, discipline has not been a school concern. It was hypothesized that the lack of a comprehensive program…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Discipline, Driver Education
Implementing State Standards and Assessment Programs Successfully--A Model for State Governments, Departments of Education and Local School Districts.
Wilson, James L. – 1986
This report describes how successful statewide programs of educational standards and assessment are established and briefly discusses causes of program failure. Four key stages characterize effective program establishment: (1) planning, (2) development, (3) implementation, and (4) monitoring. Planning involves interaction among all parties, for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Role, Cooperative Planning
Inschool Suspension Programs for At-Risk Students.
Leatt, Desmond J. – OSSC Bulletin, 1987
Research findings and examples of inschool suspension programs in Oregon are combined in this bulletin. An introduction defines "at-risk" students as those having behavioral or attendance problems. Unlike traditional out-of-school suspension, alternative programs attempt to keep at-risk students at school. Chapter 1 surveys three…
Descriptors: Attendance, Behavior Problems, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Planning
Assessing Citizen Attitudes toward Local Education: Implications for the School Administrator.
Barrett, Sharon Fisher; And Others – 1986
This paper focuses on a community's educational improvement project in Tennessee that resulted from executive appointment of a citizen task force in each community. The paper reports project development and results; discussion emphasizes implications for school administrators. A joint task force, appointed in 1985, was directed to develop…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
Teacher Evaluation.
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Ellis, Thomas I. – Research Roundup, 1986
Included in this summary analysis of three journal articles and two documents on teacher evaluation are reports that touch on difficulties facing school officials in developing a teacher evaluation system and suggestions for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of an evaluation system. The first article, by Susan S. Stodolsky, challenges…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Concurrent Validity, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making