National organizations in the United States issued policy proposals for returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative review, using the constant comparison model, examined six policies from different organizations. The policies operate on the notion of a progressive curriculum, with the values of equity, access, and adaptations…

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to investigate the factors associated with the successful achievement of National Board Certification. This study also aimed to identify common characteristics among teachers who have achieved National Board Certification, as perceived by National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs). Through structured…

One of the central lessons from research on data use in schools and school districts is that assessments, student tests, and other forms of data are only as good as how they are used. But what influences how they are used? This relatively straightforward question turns out to be fairly complex to answer. Data use implicates a number of processes,…

This document analyzes some of the aspects of the trend toward educational regionalism and cooperation. Educational cooperatives are designed to provide the flexibility and service associated with large districts while allowing for local control and school district autonomy. Types of educational cooperatives discussed include intermediate…

The technical tasks associated with producing student learning are not supervised, managed, or coordinated in any serious sense across managerial levels in school districts. (Author)

Discusses how organizational development, a method of coping with continuous change, may be helpful in accomplishing educational goals. (Editor/RK)

The focus of this report is on the functions of the curriculum coordinator in the Chelmsford Public Schools. The role of coordinator came into being as a response to a particular set of needs. An analysis of the changing nature of those needs provided a basis for deciding whether the coordinator role should be continued in its present form;…

This paper focuses primarily on the office of the district superintendent, a position unique to large urban school systems. The popular assumption is that subdivisions administered by district boards and district superintendents make urban school systems more responsive to local communities. However, evidence is presented to substantiate the…

This paper embodies three presentations given at a panel discussion on organizing, planning, and managing the local school district. The first presentation on comprehensive planning for change draws a distinction between "a priori" and "a posteriori" planning and relates these two types of planning in coping with school…

This research indicates that educational organizations consist of a loose collection of individuals, units, or levels, each performing activities independently--as segmented units buffered from one another. The authors suggest ways administrators can be effective in this environment. (Author/IRT)

The principles of structure and procedure for innovative organizations articulated by both postbureaucratic essayists and the organization theorists of innovation are identified. The conditions necessary to generate innovation--small, collegial, problem-solving groups; autonomy of line professionals; separation of planning from the process of…

Study examines determinants of organizational effectiveness. Results indicate that pupil-teacher ratio and administrative intensity depress median levels of achievement; whereas, staff qualifications foster student achievement. The percentage of non-whites is said to have a consistently significant direct effect on median achievement level.…

Balance of power shifts in education have led to dramatically changed concepts of authority role relationships in school systems. There is a growing appreciation of the need for valid, knowledgeable inputs to the administrative decisionmaking process from various organizational levels, and a growing understanding of the values of well-conceived…

Presents an approach to metropolitan-wide educational organization alternative to those of consolidation of multiple school districts into single county administrative units and voluntary interdistrict cooperative projects, in order to accomplish the edning of the inequalities of the present educational structure. (JM)