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Taranto, Anthony – ProQuest LLC, 2015
In 2009 the Los Angeles Unified School District passed the Public School Choice Initiative, which aimed to give students in the lowest performing schools educational options. LA Pilot Schools are one option students and their families have when choosing a school in LAUSD. These schools boast small size, autonomy, greater accountability,…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Choice, Urban Schools, School Districts
Hines, Damon – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) passed the Public School Choice Initiative in 2009, with the aim of providing students in the lowest performing schools educational options. LA Pilot Schools represent one alternative students and their families have when choosing a school within LAUSD. The mission of LA Pilot Schools is to provide a…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Choice, Urban Schools, School Districts
Silvers, Blake – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) passed the Public School Choice Initiative in 2009, with the aim of providing students in the lowest performing schools educational options. LA Pilot Schools represent one alternative students and their families have when choosing a school within LAUSD. The mission of LA Pilot Schools is to provide a…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Choice, Urban Schools, School Districts
Dyer, Micah A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This mixed method study was designed to investigate first year campus administrators' perceptions of the effectiveness of the Texas state-mandated principal mentoring program. The study examined campus administrators' perceptions of the effectiveness of the program using a survey instrument adapted from Dr. Norman H. Cohen's (1998),…
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Effectiveness, Spreadsheets, Principals
Hrabak, Michael R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the initially intended outcomes of the 2001 Florida Senate Bill 1162, a Florida law that established an educational policy granting community colleges the ability to confer baccalaureate degrees in teacher education programs. The intended outcomes included teachers filling growing vacancies statewide. This study found that 69%…
Descriptors: State Policy, State Regulation, Educational Policy, Community Colleges
Robadue, Donald D., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Those advocating for effective management of the use of coastal areas and ecosystems have long aspired for an approach to governance that includes information systems with the capability to predict the end results of various courses of action, monitor the impacts of decisions and compare results with those predicted by computer models in order to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Ecology, Governance, Foreign Countries
Bost, Dana Nannette – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This is a case study of the implementation of 8 VAC 20-542-530(2), a state policy governing the internship component of Virginia principal preparation programs. The purpose of the study was to examine the implementation of the policy and its effectiveness for changing professional practice in Virginia. States hold the responsibility for…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Mentors, Leadership Training, Principals