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Smith, Joanna; Thier, Michael – NASSP Bulletin, 2017
The implementation of the Common Core State Standards has posed a number of challenges for school leaders. This study applies a policy implementation conceptual framework to analyze data gathered from 46 interviews in six states. Findings suggest the existence of multiple barriers to Common Core State Standards implementation. To promote…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Program Implementation, Barriers, Educational Change
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Evans, Scot D.; Hanlin, Carrie E.; Prilleltensky, Isaac – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
This paper describes the challenges and benefits of an action-research project with a Nashville-based nonprofit human service organization. In our view, outmoded human service organizations are in serious need of innovation to promote psychological and physical wellness, prevention of social problems, empowerment, and social justice. This project…
Descriptors: Human Services, Administrative Organization, Organizational Culture, Action Research
Leopold, Gregory D.; Childers, Robert D.; Howley-Rowe, Caitlin – 2000
To generate information that would help rural schools take advantage of the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) program, 47 principals of rural schools in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia were interviewed via telephone. The schools fell into two categories: schools that applied but were not funded through the CSRD…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education