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Hirsh, Stephanie; Moffett, Cerylle – Journal of Staff Development, 1994
Two veteran staff developers explore the challenges and lessons learned as they served as volunteer change facilitators on the school improvement teams in their children's schools. The article examines why they became involved, what they hoped to accomplish, what obstacles they encountered, what they accomplished, and what they learned. (SM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Goetz, Kathy, Ed. – Family Resource Coalition Report, 1993
This newsletter issue focuses on the twin themes that, together, represent the ways that programs to strengthen families also contribute to a better society. The newsletter includes the following articles: (1) "Family Center Planning Project: Family Support, Public Policy, and Community Development"; (2) "Pulling It All Together for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Child Welfare
Mathews, Gary S.; And Others – 1983
This paper outlines the Callaway Action Plan for an Effective School (CAPES), a three year plan of action designed to produce the following characteristics of an "effective school": (1) administrative leadership; (2) instructional focus; (3) an orderly, safe environment; (4) high teacher expectations of students; and (5) the use of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Change Strategies, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
Thompson, Linda W. – 1990
A new Chapter 1 law, P.L. 100-297, was passed in 1988. Chapter 1 schools must examine the program operated during the previous school year. Schools that fail to demonstrate overall achievement gains must develop a Program Improvement Plan (PIP), a document describing how the Chapter 1 program in that school will be modified. This guide provides a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This summary highlights implementation strategies from the full report for restructuring middle grade education in Texas. The task force was guided by a central theme--a vision of Texas schools using each other as resources and the campus planning process as a vehicle for implementing research-based concepts and practices in the middle grades.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Change Strategies, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Environment
Swan, William W.; Morgan, Janet L. – 1993
This book provides a comprehensive guide to the collaborative development and implementation of local interagency councils to coordinate services for young children with disabilities, as required by Public Law 99-457, Part H. Section I presents five chapters on foundations for interagency collaboration. Chapter 1 reviews collaboration as a part of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Contracts
Mintz, Mindy S.; Cuffie, Kevin L. – 1993
This report critically examines special education in Baltimore (Maryland) public schools and proposes major reform of Baltimore's special education system. Criticisms focus on: poor instructional quality (there is little "special" about special education); segregation of special education students from regular education; special…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Change
National Association of Elementary School Principals, Alexandria, VA. – 1994
Principals from the 1991-1992 Blue Ribbon Schools--those schools selected by the U.S. Department of Education that have demonstrated an unusual ability to create an atmosphere that promotes learning for "everyone"--were asked to share a "best idea" that they had put into practice in their schools. Selected from over 100 submissions, the "best…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Citizenship Education, Educational Innovation
National Association of Elementary School Principals, Alexandria, VA. – 1995
This book presents suggestions, organized by categories of eduational concerns, that many principals have used to prepare students for the 21st century. Principals of the 1993-94 Blue Ribbon Scools--those schools selected by the U.S. Department of Education as outstanding elementary and middle schools--were asked to share a "best idea" that they…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Citizenship Education, Educational Innovation
Johnson, Daniel P. – 1991
At the beginning of his tenure in 1987, the superintendent of Clear Creek School District (Colorado) found that the district had no written K-12 curriculum, no ongoing process for developing such a curriculum, and no systematic process for staff development. To provide for change based on projected student needs for the 21st century, the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This report envisions Texas schools using one another as resources and the campus planning process as a vehicle for implementing research-based concepts and practices in the middle grades. Since Texas' restructuring effort will not succeed without commitment to staff development from all levels of the education community, the need for teacher and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Change Strategies, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Environment
Peck, Nancy L.; Eberhard, Raymond G. – The Practitioner, 1988
Dropout prevention is emerging as the most important new issue in education. Broad demographic trends predict a continuing growth in the population of at-risk youth, those most likely to drop out of school. The overall goal of any dropout prevention activity is to reduce the number of at-risk students. This issue is devoted to what research and…
Descriptors: Attendance, Change Strategies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
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Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Paulsell, Diane; Love, John M.; Raikes, Helen – 2002
As part of a multi-faceted effort, the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project examined the nature and extent of implementation in key program areas and the quality of crucial child development services in 17 research programs funded early in the initiative. Implementation data were collected through three rounds of site visits,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Change Strategies, Child Health, Early Childhood Education
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Stokes, Shari H.; Howard, Anne M. – Journal of Staff Development, 1996
Describes how a task force of parents, teacher educators, and community agency and public school personnel were supported in the inclusion process through a one-year Institute on Inclusion. The paper examines this adult development effort, noting that surveys of participants indicated that effective development increased their comfort level with…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Disabilities
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2004
The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Act 2000 placed a duty on councils: (1) to have regard to the value of stable family life in children's development; (2) to provide education appropriate in content and approach to pupils' age, understanding and stage of development; (3) to work with parents and put in place direct procedures for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inspection, Family Life, Best Practices