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Rentner, Diane Stark; Kober, Nancy; Frizzell, Matthew; Ferguson, Maria – Center on Education Policy, 2016
Education policymakers and leaders often say that the opinions and observations of teachers are among the most important information to help explain and understand what is happening in schools. Teachers' voices can inject a sense of classroom and school-level realism into those discussions and add clarity and credibility to issues that are often…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, National Surveys, Public Schools, Public School Teachers
Coggshall, Jane G.; Ott, Amber – Public Agenda, 2010
As a new decade dawns, teachers stand at the center of a policy vortex. They serve as the primary focus of one of the Obama administration's four pillars of educational reform--effective teachers and leaders. Educational reformers of all stripes have focused tremendous energy on thinking of ways to identify effective teachers and in turn recruit,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Success, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Policy
Bottani, Norberto – 2000
This paper analyzes changes in decision-making in France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom and tries to identify trends in these countries' reforms. In general, the reforms initiated by these five countries redesigned the loci of decision-making between the government levels, modified the modes of decision at these levels, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Democratic Values, Educational Administration
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Princeton, NJ. – 1988
The Carnegie Foundation recently completed a comprehensive survey of more than 20,000 teachers in all 50 states about their involvement in shaping classroom and school policy. The report consists of a brief introductory analysis of the survey by foundation president Ernest L. Boyer, followed by 10 tables presenting, for each state, the percentages…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making
Pultorak, Edward – 1999
This paper discusses recent Illinois legislation related to education reform and some collaborative approaches being used to impact public policy. It shares implementation updates regarding the rules and regulations attached to the legislation and how these changes could impact educational excellence, equity, and accountability in the 21st…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Princeton, NJ. – 1988
A comprehensive survey was conducted seeking the opinions of 40,000 secondary school teachers on the impact of school reform proposals. Over 13,500 teachers returned questionnaires, for a response rate of 33.9%. In this report an evaluation is presented of the school renewal movement drawn from the perspective of the teacher. The survey included…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Environment