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Download full textStout, Jerry B. – 1973
Major benefits are to be derived from the establishment of a middle echelon agency functioning as a link between the State department of education and local school districts. Such an intermediate unit is the ideal agency not only to provide services in high cost, low pupil incidence areas, but also to be the needed change agent for education. It…
Descriptors: Administrators, Change Agents, Coordination, Educational Change
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1974
This pamphlet is intended as a supplement to the booklet, "Recommendations for Legislative Consideration on Public Education," which was also published by the Texas Education Agency in November 1974. The pamphlet presents three additional recommendations for legislative attention. First, it recommends that any district that sends…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Nicassio, Frank J.; And Others – 1987
This paper presents a rationale for developing computer-based information systems for use by the special education personnel of a consortium composed of 13 rural school districts, and outlines a three-function database that would meet the operational requirements of administrative and clinical staff and the informational needs of parents and the…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination
Buchser, Linda – 1984
To contribute to knowledge of how limited resources affect education agencies' ability to maintain and improve educational quality, this paper examines the services California's county education offices must provide. Specifically, it identifies state-mandated functions of county education offices and analyzes how Santa Clara County is meeting…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Ancillary School Services, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems
Malpica, Carlos; Rassekh, Shapour – 1983
Eight papers, each presented at one of three conferences sponsored by the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), are published together in this collection. It provides an overview of the current interest in developing nations in the role of administration in educational development, particularly as that role involves the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bibliographies, Developing Nations, Educational Administration
Mata, Robert L. – 1980
The following six district skill guides are cross-referenced to the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) Skills Lists: Bakersfield Individualized Process (BIP) Reading and Developmental Skills Continuum for Mathematics, Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Basic Skills, Brighton Reading and Individualized Skills Continuum (BRISC) Math…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Basic Skills, Dial Access Information Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Bowser, Robert A.; Reynolds, Roger J. – 1977
Administrators are forced to deal simultaneously with a problem and its solution, creating a situation that prevents logical efforts toward analyzing problems and investigating alternative solutions. School districts often have difficulty in mobilizing appropriate resources to solve a problem. Administrative staff members must assume…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Firestone, William A.; Wilson, Bruce L. – 1982
Focusing on the promotion of reform and knowledge use in school districts, this paper reports on data from a study investigating assistance and enforcement strategies adopted by three types of regional educational service agencies. Assistance in this context means provision of legal or program knowledge needed to operate successful programs.…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Diffusion, Education Service Centers, Educational Change
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1981
Through a wide variety of programs and services, Oregon's 25 educational service districts (ESDs) link the state Department of Education with local school districts while helping districts provide a cost-effective education and fostering equal educational opportunity statewide. This report lists the general ESD programs and services required by…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Costs, Disabilities, Education Service Centers
Green, Robert A. – 1978
The doctoral thesis, three-fourths of which consists of appendixes, describes the development and implementation of procedures to maximize the individualized instruction time of speech, hearing, and visually handicapped students in a public school itinerant special education setting in Pennsylvania. A brief review of the Education for All…
Descriptors: Achievement, Communication Skills, Doctoral Dissertations, Federal Legislation
MESSERLI, JOHN H. – 1967
THE INTERMEDIATE UNIT IS A MODEL WHICH WOULD ENABLE TWO OR MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DEVELOP SEVERAL COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. REASONS PRESENTED FOR FORMING SUCH A UNIT INCLUDE THE RECOGNITION THAT A MAJORITY OF RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS CANNOT BE SELF SUFFICIENT AND THAT SUCH A COOPERATIVE PLAN MAY EFFECT GREAT SAVINGS TO SCHOOL SYSTEMS. ONE…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Courses
Levis, Rae M. – 1979
This paper examines the existing and potential roles of educational service agencies (ESAs) and their relationships with state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs). Special attention is focused on urban school districts. The paper also critically analyzes these roles and relationships as they relate to dissemination…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationFoster, Betty J.; Barr, Richard H. – 1979
This report presents a variety of revenue and expenditure data for U.S. public elementary and secondary schools during the 1976-77 fiscal year. Data were compiled from annual expenditure reports submitted by each state. Information is intended to meet the general information needs of educational researchers and the more specialized needs of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Expenditures
DEGOOD, K.C. – 1968
A GROUP OF MORE THAN 80 BUSINESSMEN AND INDUSTRIAL LEADERS (LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION) CONDUCTED A STUDY OF OHIO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND RECOMMENDED ACCELERATED REORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL QUALITY. IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO DISPEL SEVERAL MYTHS. THE…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Finance
Stephens, E. Robert; And Others – 1967
Based upon the historical review and case studies reported in the first section, section II develops a rationale for restructuring the county school system or middle echelon unit of school administration in the State of Iowa and for determining the need for a unit of school government operating between local school districts and the State…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, County School Districts, Financial Support, Intermediate Administrative Units
