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Yu, Julie; Sanderson, Bill W.; Fong, Jennifer; Wentworth, Laura – Educational Leadership, 2022
When San Francisco implemented a new policy to improve graduation rates and college enrollment, district officials realized their work was only beginning. San Francisco Unified School District revamped its college-ready graduation policy in 2009, hoping to increase the likelihood that students would graduate with the necessary courses to go to a…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, College Readiness, Graduation Rate, College Attendance
Roseman, Jo Ellen; Koppal, Mary – Educational Leadership, 2015
When state leaders and national partners in the development of the Next Generation Science Standards met to consider implementation strategies, states and school districts wanted to know which materials were aligned to the new standards. The answer from the developers was short but not sweet: You won't find much now, and it's going to…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Science Education, Academic Standards, State Standards
Mercado, Efrain; Britt, Sherida – Educational Leadership, 2013
As the Common Core State Standards Initiative moved from the development and adoption of the standards to their implementation, ASCD embarked on a multifaceted program to help educators understand and implement the new standards. With support from a $3 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ASCD has enacted a three-pronged…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, State Standards, Evidence, Technical Assistance

Brandt, Ron – Educational Leadership, 1991
When he was director of alternative schools and deputy superintendent of New York City's District Four in the 1970s and 1980s, Seymour Fliegel created a districtwide free choice plan and a nationally recognized network of 24 alternative concept schools. In this interview, Fliegel argues the merits of choice and suggests ways for schools to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, Progressive Education, School Choice

Crandall, David P. – Educational Leadership, 1983
A study of school improvement found that successful implementation of new practices is occurring at a high rate and is due mainly to teachers' efforts. The development of teacher commitment after change implementation is important in the process. (MD)
Descriptors: Classrooms, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education

Sambs, Charles E.; Schenkat, Randy – Educational Leadership, 1990
Restructuring jelled for Winona, Minnesota, schools while staff struggled to meet two major tenets: (1) all students can succeed; and (2) schools control the conditions of success. Instituting site-based management and a vision statement was not enough. Steps were taken to communicate the vision, develop successful pilot projects, and empower…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mission Statements, Program Implementation, School Based Management

Chase, Aurora; Wolfe, Pat – Educational Leadership, 1989
Peer coaching promises to reduce teachers' isolation, create a professional and collegial school environment, and promote skill transfer from training to the workplace. To help peer coaching achieve these results, several guidelines are presented. Peer coaching programs need administrative support, adequate training, participant trust, and…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation, Peer Teaching

Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1989
Describes the development of reciprocal teaching--an instructional procedure originally designed to improve poor readers' text comprehension--and its application in Springfield, Illinois, schools. Research is clustered into three types of studies: effectiveness, efficiency, and feasibility. Program implementation, evaluation, and success factors…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, Reading Comprehension

Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – Educational Leadership, 1995
Some violence prevention programs do not work because they are poorly targeted, provide materials without implementation strategies, apply neighborhood methods to school settings, and project unrealistic notions about the social forces underlying violence. Schools cannot eliminate all conflict but should go beyond violence prevention to create a…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines

McChesney, Jim; Hertling, Elizabeth – Educational Leadership, 2000
The 1998 Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program provides $120 million for Title I schools and an additional $25 million for all public schools. Almost 3,000 schools are receiving $50,000 each to implement schoolwide models listed and explained in this article. Challenges and funding tips are discussed. (Contains 13 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Community Support, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation

Parish, Ralph; Aquila, Frank D. – Educational Leadership, 1983
This article reviews and analyzes the findings of a national study on school improvement. It defines four relationships important to effective implementation and the implications for school change. (MD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Advocacy, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education

Gersten, Russell; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1982
Of more importance than any lofty concept of the principal's leadership are crucial, mundane, support functions--which can be carried out by supervisors and teachers as well as by principals. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership

Edwards, Claudia; Stout, Judy – Educational Leadership, 1990
Discusses three essential components of successful cooperative education programs (commitment, pacing, and support) and offers practical suggestions to teachers, such as arranging groups efficiently, determining group size, deciding how long groups should stay together, and deciding when group learning is appropriate. Teaching social skills is…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence

Roeber, Ed; Dutcher, Peggy – Educational Leadership, 1989
The Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) has developed both formal and informal reading assessments reflecting current reading theory. A test development committee created a MEAP blueprint of four elements: constructing meaning, knowledge about reading, attitudes and self-perceptions, and topic familiarity. Includes two references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach, Program Implementation, Reading Achievement

Frazee, Bruce – Educational Leadership, 1993
Since 1990, when a Fort Meyers (Florida) school became the nation's first core-knowledge site, over 50 other schools have taken pioneering steps to teach this curriculum. Core-knowledge guidelines include school-community understanding, acceptance, and involvement; alignment of curriculum with local and state guidelines; and collaboration and…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Interdisciplinary Approach