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Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Cannata, Marisa; Rutledge, Stacey A.; Socol, Allison Rose – Teachers College Record, 2016
This chapter describes a model for continuous improvement that guides the work of the National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools, or NCSU. NCSU is a research and development center funded by the Institute for Education Sciences, the research arm of the United States Department of Education. At the core of the Center's work is an innovative…
Descriptors: High Schools, Total Quality Management, Educational Research, Educational Innovation
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McMaster, Christopher – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2015
This paper reports on the findings of a yearlong qualitative research project into school change and inclusion. The whole school framework known as the Index for Inclusion was utilised in an Aotearoa New Zealand high school. Findings showed the Index to be a flexible tool and suitable for achieving sustainable whole school development and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Qualitative Research, Educational Change
Thomas, David E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This executive position paper proposes recommendations for designing reform models between public and private sectors dedicated to improving school reform work in low performing urban high schools. It reviews scholarly research about for-profit educational management organizations, high reliability organizations, American high school reform, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Change Strategies, Low Achievement, Urban Schools
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Van Der Voort, Geoffrey; Wood, Lesley – South African Journal of Education, 2014
This article reports on a first cycle of a larger action research study conducted to determine how Circuit Teams could support School Management Teams of underperforming high schools towards whole-school development. Although it is a mandated requirement by the Department of Education, none of the four schools involved in the study had developed a…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Educational Change, School Effectiveness, High Schools
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Bell, Tim; Andreae, Peter; Robins, Anthony – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2014
For many years computing in New Zealand schools was focused on teaching students how to use computers, and there was little opportunity for students to learn about programming and computer science as formal subjects. In this article we review a series of initiatives that occurred from 2007 to 2009 that led to programming and computer science being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Computer Literacy
Heidemann, Virginia Margaret – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Transmountain Early College High School (TMECHS) opened in August 2008, created by a partnership between the El Paso Community College (EPCC) and the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD), and supported in its conceptualization, start-up, and first few years operation by grant funding and guidance from the Texas High School Project (THSP)…
Descriptors: High Schools, Distance Education, School Districts, Educational Change
Coles-Ritchie, Marilee – Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
The way many secondary schools are structured limits the ability of immigrant English Learners to achieve academically and develop social networks, often resulting in hyper-segregated learning experiences. This book explores the journey of a group of teachers in a secondary school as they work to change the ESL program for immigrants in their…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Social Networks, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2003
Describes how a Milwaukee high school sustained its career and technical education programs by cultivating business-industry partnerships and developing a successful heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration curriculum. (JOW)
Descriptors: Educational Change, High Schools, Partnerships in Education, Program Development
Micklus, C. Samuel – NJEA Review, 1981
Asserts that programs for the gifted/talented are virtually nonexistent in New Jersey's vocational schools, which serve a large portion of the state's high school population. Lists some of the efforts which will be needed to change this situation. (SJL)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Gifted, High Schools, Program Development
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Allred, Susan G.; Holliday, Terry K. – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
A South Carolina high school received a three-year, $90,000 state grant to study a brain-based approach to helping students reach their full potential. Examination of faculty teaching styles and student learning styles revealed that only high achievers' learning styles matched their teachers' fact-based approaches. New programs and technologies…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cognitive Style, Educational Change, High Schools
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Prost, Antoine – Journal of Education Policy, 2000
The French government's decision in 1985 to have 80 percent of high-school students reach the "baccalaureat" level by century's end and to create a new secondary school degree (the "baccalaureat professionnel") are among the most broadly influential and successful education reforms since the beginning of the Fifth Republic.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Graduation Requirements
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Barbour, Michael; Kinsella, Jim; Wicks, Matthew; Toker, Sacip – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2009
The process of teacher identification, selection, initial training, and on-going professional development that has developed at the Illinois Virtual High School (IVHS) over the past seven years is described and discussed in this article. Validation was based upon existing practices and research. To provide background the creation and initial…
Descriptors: Barriers, Staff Meetings, Educational Change, High Schools
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Doolittle, Gini; Sudeck, Maria; Rattigan, Peter – Theory Into Practice, 2008
If professional learning communities offer opportunities for improving the teaching and learning process, then developing strong professional development school (PDS) partnerships establish an appropriate framework for that purpose. PDS partnerships, however, can be less than effective without proper planning and discussion about the aims of those…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Educational Planning, Program Development, Program Descriptions
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Salmon, Daniel A. – Clearing House, 1974
Author considered a restructured plan for secondary education - the universal high school. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational Facilities Design
Bell, L. A.; And Others – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1979
The authors examine and evaluate the introduction of mixed ability teaching at Pond Street Comprehensive School and draw conclusions on organizational change. (SJL)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Heterogeneous Grouping, High Schools
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