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Get Real--Improve Leadership Learning
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Fowler, Gerald L.; Cowden, William K. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
So what if we just turned every course in our Superintendent's Program into a form of practicum? This question was asked by two former superintendents in response to nationwide calls to reform school leadership training and who found themselves leading a university executive leadership program. It triggered a comprehensive redesign of their…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Administrator Education, College Programs, Training Methods
Lessons Learned
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Strunk, Katharine O.; Weinstein, Tracey; Makkonen, Reino; Furedi, Drew – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
The authors of this article are engaged in an ongoing pilot implementation and study of the Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD) Educator Growth and Development Cycle, known as EGDC. LAUSD implemented the EGDC pilot in the 2011-12 school year, focusing on a small subset of volunteering school administrators and teachers. The district's…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Urban Schools, School Districts, Professional Development
The National Network for Educational Renewal.
Goodlad, John I. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
The National Network for Educational Renewal is committed to cultivating and connecting all the essential components of a healthy teacher education enterprise: the partner schools (clinical or professional development schools); subject specializations of university arts and sciences departments; and the part of teacher education commonly provided…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Higher Education, Networks
Middle-Grades Reform.
Norton, John; Lewis, Anne C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
The National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform, influential in middle-grades policy, advocates a three tiered approach envisioning high-performing schools as academically rigorous, developmentally responsive, and socially equitable. This report discusses pioneering programs, critics' concerns, exemplary Michigan programs, and urban schools'…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Middle Schools
The Arts and Humanities in American Education.
Renyi, Judith – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
A recent Rockefeller Foundation report concluded that a lively life in the humanities depended on vigorous engagement with reading, writing, and cultures. Collaboratives for Humanities and Arts Teaching (CHART), created to foster humanistic education, targets classrooms of average students from impoverished urban and rural districts. Such…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Basic Skills, Educational Change
The Project on High Performance Learning Communities: Applying the Land-Grant Model to School Reform.
Felner, Robert; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Describes the evolution of the University of Illinois' collaborative Project on High Performance Learning Communities, established in 1989 in response to policymakers' and practitioners' need for a more fully developed, practical knowledge base on educational reform. The university/research partners' role is to synthesize the most current,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Intermediate Grades
The Dark Side of the Excellence Movement.
Toch, Thomas – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
As social promotion gives way to grade promotion based on mastery and as the education reform movement brings new, higher standards, vast numbers of students unable to meet the new standards are needing remedial instruction. This is proving to be a difficult and costly challenge. (DCS)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Black Moses: Jesse Jackson's PUSH for Excellence
Cole, Robert W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1977
Discusses Jesse Jackson and his program to inspire self-help in urban education. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, National Programs