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"Racing to the Top" to Prepare Turnaround Principals in North Carolina: Homegrown Regional Leadership Academies
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Brown, Kathleen M. – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2016
North Carolina's Race to the Top (RttT) grant earmarked approximately $17.5 million to "increase the number of principals qualified to lead transformational change in low-performing schools in both rural and urban areas" (NCDPI, 2010, p.10). To accomplish this, the state established three Regional Leadership Academies (RLAs)…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
A Critical Humanist Curriculum
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Magill, Kevin; Rodriguez, Arturo – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2015
This essay is a critical humanist discussion of curriculum; a departure from the technicist view of education [education meant to support a global capitalist economy] and an analysis of curriculum considering critical humanism, political economy and critical race theory among other modes of critical analysis and inquiry. Our discussion supports a…
Descriptors: Humanism, Humanistic Education, Curriculum Development, Critical Theory
Scaling School Turnaround
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Herman, Rebecca – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2012
This article explores the research on turning around low performing schools to summarize what we know, what we don't know, and what this means for scaling school turnaround efforts. "School turnaround" is defined here as quick, dramatic gains in academic achievement for persistently low performing schools. The article first considers the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Turnaround, Low Achievement, Achievement Gains
States' Implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the Australian Curriculum: A Comparison of the Change Process in Two Countries
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Watt, Michael – Online Submission, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine and compare key elements of the actions that states in the USA and Australia took to implement the Common Core State Standards or Phase One of the Australian Curriculum, and what processes and products they used to facilitate implementation of these innovations. A rubric adapted from a diagnostic tool,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, State Standards, Academic Standards
Teacher and Administrator Responses to Standards-Based Reform
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Desimone, Laura – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background: Since the onset of standards-based reform and its continuation in the form of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and now Race to the Top, debates have continued about whether such policies foster desirable change in states, districts, schools and classrooms. Research Question: The study asks: How do state and district administrators,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Standards, State Standards, Educational Legislation
State Education Agencies as Agents of Change: What It Will Take for the States to Step Up on Education Reform
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Brown, Cynthia G.; Hess, Frederick M.; Lautzenheiser, Daniel K.; Owen, Isabel – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2011
Today, state education agencies (SEAs) and their leaders face unprecedented demands. What was once a low-profile job of managing federal aid, providing curricular guidance, and ensuring compliance with various legal obligations is now a far more visible and politically fraught task. The new roles required of state education agencies due to the No…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, State Programs, Federal Legislation, Leadership Effectiveness