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Milanowski, Anthony; Heneman, Herbert G., III; Finster, Matthew – Teacher Incentive Fund, US Department of Education, 2015
This case study describes the peer evaluation system the Maricopa County Educational Services Agency (MCESA) is using in the districts participating in its Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) 3 and 4 grants. Maricopa County's TIF districts cover much of the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area. Including both TIF 3 and 4 cohorts, 12 districts with a total…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, Case Studies, Teacher Salaries
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McGuinn, Patrick – Educational Policy, 2012
This article offers an analysis of the origins, evolution, and impact of the Obama administration's Race to the Top (RTTT) competitive grant program and places it in the broader context of the debate over the No Child Left Behind Act and the shifting intergovernmental relations around education. RTTT is fundamentally about two things: creating…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Incentive Grants
Firestone, William A. – 1980
This book describes the chain stretching from President Nixon's announcement of the Experimental Schools Program in 1969 to the midpoint of its implementation in the Butte-Angels Camp School District (pseudonym for a small mountainous district 400 miles from Denver) in 1976. The story is told in some detail to illustrate the complexities of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Conflict
National Child Labor Committee, New York, NY. – 1980
This manual for training supervisors in the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) contains a set of guidelines and suggestions organized into seven sections. Section 1 is a brief introduction. Section 2 describes determining training needs and contains a sample task statement. Section 3 covers designing the training program. It includes an…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Educational Needs, Employment Programs
Cardenas, Rene F.; Rudes, Blair A. – 1983
Twenty-two case histories of bilingual education programs funded under Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are presented as a companion volume to the technical report of the same study. The case histories were developed from site visits and surveys of administrators, teachers, and parents involved in the program. The program…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs
Muraskin, Lana – 1997
This report examines best practices in the delivery of Student Support Services (SSS), one of the three Special Programs for Disadvantaged Students known as the TRIO programs. Data have shown that participation in student support services has a positive effect on student outcomes, but many participants do not receive enough services to receive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Ancillary School Services