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Download full textBarrozo, Aurora C. – 1987
Twenty-four elementary and junior high public schools that have received Chapter 1 funds since 1981 were selected for study in order to isolate effective school practices. Nine of these schools were included, also, in the earlier 1981-82 project; this publication, therefore, contains descriptions of only the 15 new achieving compensatory…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Community Role, Compensatory Education
Schweiker, Karyn E.; Barksdale-Ladd, Mary Alice – 1992
Factors that influenced teachers to become reformers, reviewers, or resistors to whole language were investigated with specific examination of school culture. In this study three transitioning school sites were selected on the basis of their similarity in staffing and student size. Participants from each school involved three to four classroom…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Conventional Instruction, Educational Change
Cotton, Kathleen J.; And Others – 1988
This directory is a compendium of 108 outstanding Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1 compensatory education projects selected for recognition by the United States Department of Education in 1987. It is the fourth volume in the "Effective Compensatory Education Sourcebook" series. Volume 1 consists of a review of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs
Peer reviewedPavan, Barbara Nelson; Reid, Nancy Andrade – Urban Education, 1994
A study of Chapter 1 elementary schools in a Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) school improvement project finds that four of five schools in which students' academic achievements were higher than expected had female principals. All four spent most of their time actively engaged with students and teachers over teaching and learning processes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Case Studies
Emihovich, Catherine – 1989
This paper reports the results of a qualitative evaluation of the Chapter 1 Program Improvement Workshop Series--Level II, funded by the Educational Testing Service, Technical Assistance Center (TAC), for Region 3. Focus is on the role of commitment in influencing change. The methodological approach, advocated by M. Q. Patton (1986), focuses on:…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1991
The Hawkins Stafford Act of 1988 amended the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Chapter 1 provides financial assistance through the state education agencies to local education agencies to meet the special needs of educationally disadvantaged children in areas with high concentrations of children from low-income families, as well as…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Child Neglect, Compensatory Education, Delinquency
Turnbull, Brenda J. – 1982
Drawing on data from a study of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, this report analyzes the technical assistance that local districts receive in compensatory education, with an emphasis on the relationship between technical assistance and the local decision-making that ultimately shapes the program. The first section describes…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Compensatory Education, Compliance (Legal), Decision Making
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
Intended to serve a wide range of readers, this multi-author summary report of what is commonly referred to as the "District Practices Study" (1976-82) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act contains information of special concern to administrators of federally funded programs, legislators, and other policymakers. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Compensatory Education
