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Download full textHess, Frederick M.; Palmieri, Stafford; Scull, Janie – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2010
This study evaluates how welcoming thirty American cities--the twenty-five largest and five smaller "hotspots"--are to "nontraditional" problem-solvers and solutions. It assumes that the balky bureaucracies meant to improve K-12 education and hold leaders accountable are so calcified by policies, programs, contracts, and…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Urban Education, Public Education, Educational Change
Direct linkSpillane, James P.; Parise, Leigh Mesler; Sherer, Jennifer Zoltners – American Educational Research Journal, 2011
The institutional environment of America's schools has changed substantially as government regulation has focused increasingly on the core technical work of schools--instruction. The authors explore the school administrative response to this changing environment, describing how government regulation becomes embodied in the formal structure of four…
Descriptors: Institutional Environment, Educational Environment, Government School Relationship, Public Officials
Honig, Meredith I. – American Educational Research Journal, 2009
New small autonomous schools initiatives are relatively recent educational change strategies that in some urban districts aim to remake how district central offices function as institutions. In this article, the author draws on theories of organizational innovation and learning to reveal how central office administrators participate in these…
Descriptors: School Based Management, Small Schools, Urban Schools, Administrative Organization
Peer reviewedSchultz, Edward W.; And Others – Child Welfare, 1973
A questionnaire survey intended to clarify the status of educational arrangements in Illinois institutions serving disturbed, delinquent or predelinquent, or dependent/neglected children. Information on patterns of service, potential needs for specially trained teachers and related professional personnel were related areas of interest. (CS)
Descriptors: Community Services, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children, Institutional Environment
Krug, Samuel E. – 1992
Findings of a study that examined how effectively instructional leadership and instructional climate predict student learning outcomes are presented in this paper. Surveys to determine principals' self-perceptions and teachers' perceptions of instructional climate were completed by 72 principals and 1,523 teachers. Achievement results for 9,415…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Correlation
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1998
This report presents the findings of a pilot study conducted in Lake County (Illinois) that was designed to identify higher educational needs and to develop recommendations to respond to those needs. Several methodologies were employed: public hearings; market research; analyses of census, labor, economic, and educational data; consultations with…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Data Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Demand
