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Houston Independent School District, 2018
The Board of Education's mission is to equitably educate the whole child so that every student graduates with the tools to reach their full potential. To succeed in their mission, the board participates in Lone Star Governance, whose intent is to provide a continuous improvement model for governing teams (Boards in collaboration with their…
Descriptors: Governance, Teamwork, Educational Improvement, Models
French, Dan; Miles, Karen Hawley; Nathan, Linda – Boston Foundation, 2014
This study explores the question of how Boston Public Schools (BPS) can strengthen and support autonomy and accountability across its portfolio to promote innovation and expand access to equity and high performance. Some of the specific questions guiding this work are: (1) Should all schools within BPS operate within autonomous structures? (2) Is…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Institutional Autonomy, Accountability, Educational Innovation
Suffren, Quentin; Wallace, Teodore J. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2010
For too long, youngsters in Ohio's major cities have been ill-served and ill-educated by their public schools. In the 2008-09 school year, almost half of these quarter million students--in district and charter schools alike--attended schools rated "D" or "F" by the state. Yet this bleak picture has some bright spots--schools…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Magnet Schools