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A. Chris Torres; Sandy Frost Waldron; Jason Burns – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2024
This mixed-method study examines Michigan's Partnership policy for school turnaround, which positions the district and superintendents as key policy implementation actors. We first interviewed 21 of 35 Partnership superintendents/leaders across Michigan and surveyed teachers to understand the initial response to the turnaround policy and the…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Superintendents, School Districts, School Turnaround
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Ayscue, Jennifer B.; D. Fusarelli, Lance; Uzzell, Elizabeth M. – Educational Policy, 2023
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) reverses a trend toward centralization of education policy and instead provides greater authority to the states. This study explores states' interpretation and early implementation of ESSA's equity-related provisions. Using a qualitative case study approach, we find wide variation in the design and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
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Natow, Rebecca S.; Reddy, Vikash; Ioannou, Victoria – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2023
In the United States, higher education institutions must be authorized as postsecondary education providers -- through a process known as state authorization -- to be eligible to receive federal student financial aid funds. Through state authorization policies, state governments play a key role in maintaining accountability for higher education.…
Descriptors: Responses, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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Wesley Teter; Teri C. Balser – Higher Education Quarterly, 2025
Accountability is a critical part of achieving success in mutual goals and relationships. Throughout Asia and the Pacific, national authorities remain off track in achieving Agenda 2030, particularly Sustainable Development Goal Four (SDG4) on quality education. Persistent challenges, including the lack of data, effective measurement, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Higher Education, Sustainable Development, Educational Quality
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Sutherland, Daniella Hall – Educational Policy, 2022
This qualitative case study examines how board members make sense of federal accountability policies and how their sensemaking shapes their use of assessment data as a policy instrument. Deviating from previous work on practitioner sensemaking, the participants' interpretations of assessments did not align with their ensuing use of the data.…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Public Policy, State Policy, Educational Policy
Samantha Cullum; Jeremy Singer; Katharine O. Strunk; Chanteliese Watson; Ariell Bertrand; Erica Harbatkin; Sarah L. Woulfin – Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, 2024
School improvement is an iterative process through which districts and schools develop their capacity, implement and refine new policies and practices, and respond to new developments and needs over time. School improvement policy can also be considered an iterative process, with policy implementors learning from previous rounds of a policy.…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, State Policy, School Turnaround
Linea Harding; Carrie Hahne – Bellwether, 2024
In 2022, Tennessee overhauled its education funding formula to improve outcomes for the 1 million students in the state. The Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act (TISA) was designed to simplify the existing funding formula and more equitably allocate resources to schools. Bellwether's case study, "After the Policy Win: First-Year…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Program Implementation, Educational Finance
Foster, Kelly Robson; Robinson, Brian; Ali, Titilayo Tinubu – Bellwether, 2023
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, K-12 schools are under immense pressure to meet the diverse needs of students. But policies and practices have not evolved quickly enough to meet those needs -- and as a result, the system continues to fail far too many young people. In "Levers of Change: How State Policies Support District…
Descriptors: Educational Change, State Policy, Educational Innovation, School Districts
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Branigan, Heather E. – Curriculum Journal, 2021
Educational policy in the UK and beyond increasingly focuses on promoting skills that encourage learners to be independent thinkers and to self-manage their own learning. While the educational benefits of metacognition (i.e., thinking about and managing one's own thinking) are widely acknowledged, little attention has been paid to teachers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Metacognition, Teacher Attitudes
Robson, Kelly; Schiess, Jennifer O'Neal; Burgoyne-Allen, Phillip – Bellwether Education Partners, 2020
Policymakers and researchers often talk about "autonomous schools" as if there's a single, agreed-upon definition of what that means. In reality, there's no standard design for autonomous school policies, and school autonomy can mean a lot of different things. The policies that states have enacted vary widely in terms of their goals, the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Based Management, State Policy, Educational Policy
Robson, Kelly; Schiess, Jennifer O'Neal; Burgoyne-Allen, Phillip – Bellwether Education Partners, 2020
Policymakers and researchers often talk about "autonomous schools" as if there's a single, agreed-upon definition of what that means. In reality, there's no standard design for autonomous school policies, and school autonomy can mean a lot of different things. The policies that states have enacted vary widely in terms of their goals, the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Based Management, State Policy, Educational Policy
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Wilson, Terri S.; Hastings, Matthew – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2021
Through widespread "opt-out" efforts over the past several years, parent and student activists have pressured schools, districts, states, and the federal government to reconsider the extent and limits of state-mandated assessments. This case study focuses on the ethical questions faced by a principal in a school divided over state…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Accountability, Public Education, Ethics
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Buckner-Capone, Anji; Duckor, Brent – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2021
School climate is important for continuous improvement. California's LCFF requires districts to report on school climate and use data to inform decision making. Qualitative data, derived from an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study, explored three belief constructs and sub-groups by response patterns. Education leaders have a range of…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes, Beliefs, Educational Environment
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Tao, Claire Y. H. – International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present, 2020
During 1980, many Western countries launched public administration reforms. These reform waves also blew over to many Asian countries. With the advent of globalization and the rise of knowledge-based society, education and innovation are regarded as the driving forces behind social and economic growth and development. To enhance the national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Higher Education, Comparative Education
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Christian Basil Omeh; Chijioke Jonathan Olelewe; Xiao Hu – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
The adoption of generative AI in educational process carries both potential advantages and risks hence there is a need for ethical principles to guide its adoption in education. A population of 443 TVET educators, including 325 male and 118 female, was selected for this study using a mixed research design from the seven TVET public institutions in…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Career and Technical Education, Ethics
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