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Peer reviewedNorris, Cynthia J.; Lebsack, Joel – Journal of School Leadership, 1992
Effective administrator preparation programs provide students with self-awareness and insight about their thought patterns and behaviors' influence on executing their leadership roles. This paper describes a current university pilot program based on these assumptions, discusses program effectiveness as perceived by student participants, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study
Download full textMcCarthy, Jane – 1991
The Accelerated Schools model attempts to restructure schools with high at-risk student populations and mainstream these students by the end of elementary school. A 6-year process of collaborative unity is used to identify challenge areas and move the school toward individualized solutions. The Accelerated Schools Satellite Center Project emerged…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Administrator Education, College School Cooperation, Elementary Education
Houghton, Mary J. – 1993
A desire to raise student achievement levels is leading many educators and parents to work for restructuring and reforming U.S. schools. One of the many areas in which this effort is proving to be complex is the question of changing college admission criteria to respond to the changes in curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment that are occurring at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Smith, J. Lea; And Others – 1992
In 1988 the Kentucky Supreme Court upheld a previous decision that the state public education system had failed to provide an efficient system of common schools. The Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA, 1990) came from this decision. This paper reviews the restructuring of a primary school under the KERA, focusing on one collaborative effort…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Etheridge, George W.; And Others – 1994
This paper describes a 1993-94 pilot program in Memphis (Tennessee) that was developed to increase the number of minority students prepared for, matriculating to, and graduating from postsecondary institutions. The communitywide partnership of institutions that implemented the program is described, along with the needs assessment commissioned by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Community Influence, Disadvantaged Youth
Olivero, James – 1990
This document reports on a pilot project called "The Consortium of Schools for the Future," designed to anticipate and make necessary adaptations for the future of public education. A section describing the project precedes a discussion of the disparity between advantaged and disadvantaged students--particularly along racial and ethnic…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Economic Change
