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The Sights and Sounds of School Reform: A Collaborative Research View of School Reform Effectiveness.
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Walker, Bradford L.; Peel, Henry A. – ERS Spectrum, 1993
Discusses the results of a three-year collaborative research project documenting the effectiveness of the school reform process. The study describes efforts of the Consortium for the Advancement of Public Education in Southeast North Carolina (CAPE) to support schools as they change. Areas showing the most improvement included participative…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making
Toward a System of Total Quality Management: Applying the Deming Approach to the Education Setting.
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McLeod, Willis B.; And Others – ERS Spectrum, 1992
Recently, the Petersburg (Virginia) Public Schools have moved away from a highly centralized organizational structure to a Total Quality Management system featuring shared decision making and school-based management practices. The district was guided by Deming's philosophy that all stakeholders should be involved in defining the level of products…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making
Barriers to Site-Based Management and Shared Decision Making, as Perceived by School Board Presidents and School Administrators.
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Boschee, Floyd; And Others – ERS Spectrum, 1993
Survey based on personal/interpersonal and institutional barriers to site-based management identified by Mutchler and Duttweiler (1989) was sent to school board presidents and public school administrators in 54 centrally organized South Dakota districts. Majority of responding board presidents did not view these barriers as implementation…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Boards of Education, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education
A Structured Process for Implementing Strategic Planning.
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Goodin, Penny G.; Myers, William S.; Nichols, W. Randolph – ERS Spectrum, 1998
The Chesapeake (Virginia) Public Schools developed a strategic school-improvement plan with 178 recommendations representing certain goals: school safety, standards, effectiveness, efficiency, staff training, technology integration, community involvement, and facilities. The implementation process consisted of assigning responsibilities,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Educational Improvement, Efficiency
Student Involvement in School Restructuring.
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Newman, Jay B. – ERS Spectrum, 1992
A Michigan high school abandoned its coercive school management practices for a system actively involving students in decision making. To help students feel they could make a difference, the Reaching Success through Involvement format was used to identify six workable student-involvement areas: extracurricular activities, school governance,…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Curriculum, Extracurricular Activities, Governance
Best Practice in Professional Development for Sustained Educational Change.
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Speck, Marsha – ERS Spectrum, 1996
The "Essentials of Best Practice in Professional Development for Sustained Change Model" is based on recent research in professional development, adult learning theory, shared leadership, effective schools, and the change process. The model views increased student learning as the goal; schools as the unit of change; professional…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education