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Trotta, Melissa K. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The field of higher education attracts many talented, ambitious professionals who are inspired to work in this sector because of opportunities to support the academic, personal, and professional development of students. It is an irony that more attention is not paid to the professional and leadership development of administrative talent in…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Talent, Educational Administration, Higher Education
McCauley, Carlas; Cashman, Joanne – Center on School Turnaround at WestEd, 2018
As researchers, decision-makers, and practitioners focus on continuous improvement in education, local-level change is gaining importance. Yet, many local school improvement efforts fail to be fully implemented. Even those that are fully implemented often fail to sustain improvements because the schools are embedded in systems that face multiple…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Improvement, Stakeholders, School Districts
Levenson, Nathan; Boser, Ulrich – Center for American Progress, 2014
Many school district strategic plans and education conferences are aggressively embracing technology to improve teaching and learning. Classroom technology typically includes blended learning, personalized learning, online courses for students, and professional development for teachers, among many other things. As districts wrestle with tighter…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Management Information Systems, School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education
Herlihy, Corinne M.; Quint, Janet – National High School Center, 2006
The National High School Center released methods for improving low-performing high schools based on some of the most rigorous research currently available in the school reform arena. This research brief identifies lessons learned as well as key practices used to strengthen high schools and is based on evaluations of four widely used high school…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Restructuring, Graduation Rate, Improvement Programs
Plank, Stephen B.; Young, Estelle – 2000
Comprehensive school reform efforts are an increasingly visible part of the educational landscape. Policymakers, educators, and researchers are eager to assess the effectiveness of these models, especially regarding their utility in the most troubled settings. This paper reports results from one such reform, the Talent Development Middle School…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1992
The 15 chapters of this book examine major issues in gifted education today, the role of gifted education in the educational reform movement, and the development of gifted education in Ohio. After an introductory chapter by Elyse S. Fleming, chapters have the following titles and authors: "The Shadow of the Future: Serving Ohio's Gifted…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Attitudes, Child Advocacy, Classroom Techniques