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Houston Independent School District, 2023
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 (Houston Independent School District (HISD), 2019). To succeed in their mission, the board participates in Lone Star Governance, whose intent is to provide a continuous improvement model for…
Descriptors: School Districts, Boards of Education, Board of Education Policy, Educational Policy
Dougherty, Kevin J.; Lahr, Hana; Morest, Vanessa S. – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2017
Enrolling more than 6 million students each fall, community colleges carry out a crucial function in higher education by providing access to college, including baccalaureate opportunities, occupational education, remedial education, and other educational services. At the same time, community colleges face great challenges that have elicited calls…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Policy, College Role
National Association of Charter School Authorizers, 2018
The "Quality Practice Project" (QPP) is the National Association of Charter School Authorizers' (NACSA's) multi-year research initiative to identify what high-performing authorizers do to achieve stellar student and public interest outcomes. Participants and researchers collaboratively investigated the perspectives and practices of…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Quality, School Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2014
The State University System of Florida has developed three tools that aid in guiding the System's future; (1) The Board of Governors' new Strategic Plan 2012-2025 is driven by goals and associated metrics that stake out where the System is headed; (2) The Board's Annual Accountability Report provides yearly tracking for how the System is…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics, Goal Orientation