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Silverstein, Jan E. – 1990
Information for administrators and teachers about the requirements, responsibilities, and timelines for educational accountability in Colorado is presented in this report. The accountability program emphasizes public disclosure of a school's educational outcomes, community-involved school planning, and local autonomy. Contents provide information…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Decentralization, Educational Improvement
Download full textNew Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 2000
This guide's 11 sections are: "Evolution of Whole School Reform (WSR) in New Jersey"; "Department of Education Organizational Structure in Support of Urban Education Reform"; "Whole School Reform Regulations"; "School Management Teams: Leading the Process"; "Becoming a Whole School Reform School";…
Descriptors: Budgets, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change
Marburger, Carl L. – 1985
This book is an introduction and guide to school-based management, a decentralized form of organization in which decisions that have traditionally been made by a superintendent or school board are made by the local school. Chapter 1 provides an overview of decision-making in public school systems starting with a brief history of the trend toward…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Advisory Committees, Community Control, Decentralization
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, Lexington, KY. – 1991
Intended for parents and community members, this pamphlet summarizes provisions of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA), outlines specific school improvement developments to watch for during 1991-92, and provides concrete suggestions for facilitating the process and obtaining further information. The updates are grouped according to…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1989
Although there are more than 140,000 partnerships between business and education in the United States, few have effected fundamental educational change and few have had any impact on economic well-being. Having studied those partnerships that have focused on fundamental educational change, the National Alliance of Business identified what business…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
Peer reviewedCamuto, Robert V. – Religion & Public Education, 1990
Discusses Milwaukee's (Wisconsin) project for school choice. Describes the program of public funding for private schools, vouchers, and parent-run schools for African-American and Hispanic students. Cites autonomy, small class size, and values instruction as advantages of the small private schools. Reports graduation rates are higher and reading…
Descriptors: Bilingual Schools, Black Education, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Schools
Minneapolis Public Schools, MN. – 1982
The purpose of the five-year plan described in this document is to enable the Minneapolis public schools to anticipate and respond to changing educational, economic, and demographic conditions that affect the school district. The plan affects all elements of the public school system and includes decisions regarding key actions or policies required…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, Board of Education Policy, Educational Environment
