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Muir, Mike – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2013
Can four-day school weeks help districts save money? How do districts overcome the barriers of moving to a four-day week? What is the effect of a four-day week on students, staff and the community? This paper enumerates the benefits for students and teachers of four-day school weeks. Recommendations for implementation of a four-day week are also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Districts, School Schedules, Barriers
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Foster, William; Smith, William; Donahue, Helen – Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 2000
Analyzes current and future directions of educational change in Quebec, highlighting major policy themes: governance and organization, teaching and learning, and human and financial resources. The necessary conditions for achieving intended reform goals may be lacking. Schools lack the capacity to engage in self-development without external…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Leithwood, Kenneth Arthur – 1986
This survey project of 129 randomly selected school systems in Ontario, Canada, investigates: (1) dominant patterns among secondary principals' practices and their effectiveness in the improvement of school processes and outcomes; (2) differences in practices between elementary and secondary school principals; (3) factors determining secondary…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role