The reasons minority students are subject to exclusionary discipline more often than others are varied, but many experts agree that they often have little to do with the students themselves. Large rates of suspensions and expulsions tend to result from discipline policies in need of revision that are exacerbated by numerous administrators and…

The 2014 "Comparative Education Review" bibliography of refereed journal articles on topics relevant to comparative and international education covers all 12 months in 2014 and includes 3,389 entries--a full 30 percent increase over the set of references assembled in the 2013 bibliography. They are drawn from 280 refereed journals, both…

The author presents here the most comprehensive and applicable list of web sites useful to both education leadership faculty and graduate students who are either practicing school leaders or those aspiring for the principalship. The web sites are based on the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards recently developed by…

This annotated bibliography is a collection of references that concern educational administration research in general. Over 100 brief annotations are arranged alphabetically by author. (SI)

Since its inception in 2002, the National Center for Education Research (NCER) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has funded over 700 education research grants and over 60 education training grants. The research grants have supported exploratory research to build theory or generate hypotheses on factors that may affect educational…

The emphasis of this annotated bibliography is the current status of women administrators in higher education. Some material is included on the history of women in academia, future trends affecting equal opportunities for women in the administration of higher education, and on the issue of women and power. The bibliography is arranged by type of…

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 14 annotations of documents and journal articles on alternative education, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on public alternative school programs, the philosophy of alternative education, accreditation, and other topics are annotated. (DS)

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 16 annotations of documents and journal articles on the changing middle school, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on building design, adolescents, distinctions between the traditional junior high school and the middle school, and other topics are annotated. (DS)

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 16 annotations of documents and journal articles on declining enrollment, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on reduction in force, school closing, enrollment forecasting, planning for enrollment decline, and other topics are annotated. (DS)

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 14 annotations of documents and journal articles on energy conservation, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on teaching energy conservation to students, the energy crisis and its impact on school finances, building heating and cooling, and other topics are annotated. (DS)

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 21 annotations of documents and journal articles on leadership styles, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on organizational structures, the principal's role, management teams, and other topics are annotated. (DS)

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 16 annotations of documents and journal articles on needs assessment, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on educational planning, accountability, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and other topics are annotated. (DS) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP)…

This annotated bibliography is a collection of references that concern educational administration research in the area of leadership. Over 100 brief annotations are arranged alphabetically by author. (SI)

This annotated bibliography of forty-three items presents an entry point into the literature on evaluation of teacher performance. Also included is a statement of the National Education Association/Division of Instruction and Personnel Development concerning the Association's views on teacher evaluation and the rights of personnel being evaluated.…

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 21 annotations of documents and journal articles on administrative staff development, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on inservice education, internships, the administrative team concept, administrator preparation, and other topics are annotated. (DS)