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Burns, Amy; Whitney, Joye; Shah, Hardeek; Foley, Ellen; Dure, Elsa – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University (NJ1), 2011
In January 2010, the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) identified Central Falls High School (CFHS) as one of the state's persistently lowest-achieving schools. The Central Falls School District (CFSD) and the Central Falls Teachers Union (CFTU) considered the transformation model but could not come to an agreement initially around…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Administration, Politics of Education, Educational Change
Achilles, C. M.; Young, Rufus, Jr. – 1984
This document reports findings of a study that evaluated the implementation model developed for Project SHAL, an "effective schools" reform model. Implemented in 1980 in Area I of the St. Louis Public School District (Missouri), Project SHAL is an acronym for the four original participating schools--Stowe, Hempstead, Arlington, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Martin, Earin M. – 1997
Proponents of school restructuring agree that it must occur with support from all stakeholder groups. This paper presents findings of a study that examined to what extent educational personnel engaged in restructuring (principals, teachers, and external facilitators of change) agreed or disagreed that 60 conditions identified in the research…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
Lezotte, Lawrence W.; Jacoby, Barbara C. – 1992
This guidebook offers strategies for creating a district context that is conducive to initiating and sustaining school improvement. Designed to provide resources for those working at school district level, the five stages of the school-improvement process are based on effective-schools research--organize, focus, analyze, develop, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Improvement