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Constance M. Youngblood – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Superintendents and school boards must balance state and federal mandates, requirements of new legislation, and policy changes as they search for best practices in education that will result in increased student achievement. Pressure has increased, with an emphasis on high stakes testing and accountability since the implementation of the No Child…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Schools, Rural Schools, Federal Aid
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Sommers-Flanagan, Rita; Christian, Donald P. – Thought & Action, 2007
In this article, the authors describe an interdisciplinary doctoral course via a seminar (one semester, one-and-a-half hours weekly), that students found to be a major awakening and an important part of their professional development. Addressed were separate disciplines, via an experimental "How to be a Professor" course, and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Doctoral Programs, Professional Development, Experimental Programs