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Spillane, Nancy K.; Lynch, Sharon J.; Ford, Michael R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
The authors report on a study of eight inclusive STEM high schools that are designed to increase the numbers of students in demographic groups underrepresented in STEM. As STEM schools, they have had broader and deeper STEM coursework (taken by all students) than required by their respective states and school districts; they also had outcome…
Descriptors: STEM Education, High School Students, Disproportionate Representation, Access to Education
Hoyle, John R.; Wiley, Eldon L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Ohio schools are particularly hard hit by the taxpayers' rebellion." (Author)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Support, Educational Research, School Budget Elections
Shay, Edwin L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
A "Walkabout" program for second-semester seniors at a public alternative school is described. Cited as keys to the program's effectiveness are staff commitment of one-half their workload and intensive and clearly defined student preparation. Students not participating engage in a similar but briefer independent learning project in the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Administration, Independent Study, Nontraditional Education
Fox, Jeannie L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Challenges the assumption that bureaucracy is bad for charter schools. Examines perceived autonomy, governance structures, leadership, and perceived culture of community-charter schools in Ohio. (Contains 15 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bureaucracy, Charter Schools, Community Schools