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Sebring, Penny Bender; Bryk, Anthony S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
A study of Chicago school reform revealed that principals of productive elementary schools skillfully use various strategies to promote parents' and teachers' work with children. These include resolving highly visible problems quickly, focusing on the instructional core, adopting strategic orientation, attacking incoherence, involving parents, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership
Johnson, Harry W., II – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
This description of a model program developed in Washington State for improving teachers' classroom effectiveness includes an outline of the program's 15-step process and its three key concepts--involvement, ownership, and commitment--followed by discussions of resource people and the program's two-day problem-solving retreat. (JBM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Communication, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Darling-Hammond, Linda – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
Movement into high-technology Information Age demands a new kind of education and new, nonbehaviorist forms of school organization. Increasing social complexity requires schools to ensure that all students learn at high levels, construct their own knowledge, and fully develop their talents. This new model of unstandardized teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Bureaucracy, Educational Change, Educational Policy
