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Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2016
Each edition of the IDRA Newsletter strives to provide many different perspectives on the issues in education topics discussed and to define its significance in the state and national dialogue. This issue focuses on Push Outs--Children of Color and includes: (1) Texas Public School Attrition Study, 2015-16: High School Attrition Inches Up to 25…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Student Attrition, Dropout Rate, Grade Repetition
Hettleman, Kalman R. – Abell Foundation, 2013
The One Year Plus policy of Baltimore City Public Schools described in this Newsletter has the potential to breathe new life into "special education" for students with disabilities. In recent decades, many waves of K-12 education reform--including the No Child Left Behind Act, charter schools, alternative teacher recruitment paths,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Educational Change, Change Strategies
Protheroe, Nancy – National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), 2011
School improvement can be a complex, messy business. At its most basic, school improvement is change--change that might require people to abandon long-held beliefs and practices, shift roles, and learn new skills. Kilgore and Reynolds (2011) suggested that successful change requires that people change their perceptions as well as their actions.…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Organizational Change, Program Implementation, Sustainability
Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2008
Educators and policymakers can address gifted underachievement through changes in classroom and systemwide practices. This Issue Brief summarizes the issues underlying promising practices for supporting the gifted and talented. It also offers a series of questions to ask when planning schoolwide improvement efforts that address the needs of gifted…
Descriptors: Talent, Underachievement, Academically Gifted, Educational Improvement
Shillady, Amy, Ed. – US Department of Health and Human Services, 2007
The "Child Care Bulletin" is published quarterly and includes practical, informative articles based on current literature regarding topics important to policy-makers, child care providers, and parents. The Bulletin includes short articles, tips sheets, policy updates, interviews with leaders in the child care field, information from child…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Professional Development, Low Income Groups, Child Care
Gesmonde, John M. – National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), 2005
Because of the dramatic changes in the education climate of school districts, the so-called schoolmaster, like the dinosaur, has vanished and the plenipotentiary school administrator, who the public now perceives as the school's chief executive officer (CEO), has emerged. A school administrator is not merely an education leader. Rather, like a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Principals, Change Agents, Change Strategies