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Peer reviewedBardon, Jack I. – School Psychology Review, 1994
Reviews predictions made at National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Convention in 1978. School psychology is now a separate nondoctoral professional subdiscipline of psychology. Recommends school psychologists not give up assessing for special education but broaden their roles to include intervention by participating in site-based…
Descriptors: Conferences, Psychological Testing, Role, School Based Management
Peer reviewedKarsten, Sjoerd – Comparative Education, 1999
Traces the development of Dutch educational policy since the compromise of 1917, by which private and public schools were given equal financial support. Examines the extent to which neoliberal reforms of the 1980s brought about radical changes in the Dutch education system, focusing on increased autonomy, freedom of school choice, privatization,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decentralization, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRavitch, Diane – Teachers College Record, 1991
The reputation of private independent schools began improving as Americans started believing that public schools were not living up to their expectations. Though many states regulate important aspects of private schools, and being private precludes access to public funds, nonpublic schools have significant autonomy and promote diversity and…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent School Relationship, Parochial Schools
Harrington-Lueker, Donna – Executive Educator, 1994
About two years into her first urban superintendency, Gerry House knows she cannot solve every problem on-on-one but has created a responsive system to handle parents' complaints. The Memphis school superintendent hopes to boost minority achievement, ensure that all children learn at high levels, bolster community confidence in the schooling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Pongtuluran, Aris; Moyle, Colin – 1989
Issues related to decentralization, with a focus on community involvement, are discussed in this paper. The 20th-century Indonesian experience is analyzed to illustrate the process by which a national administrative reform policy develops, and to identify contributing and inhibiting factors relating to the implementation of decentralization. The…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Community Involvement, Community Support
Harrington-Lueker, Donna – Executive Educator, 1993
Two years into her first superintendency, Detroit Superintendent Deborah McGriff has advanced an ambitious and controversial urban school reform package. The public school choice plan has been expanded, and 21 schools have adopted school-based-management plans despite union opposition. This fall, the district will abolish the general education…
Descriptors: Biographies, Blacks, Change Agents, Core Curriculum
Moyle, Colin – 1989
A historical overview and analysis of the decentralization process in Victoria, Australia, is the purpose of this paper. The case study illustrates the impact of conflict between political and administrative agendas on attempts to implement the government-initiated policy decision. The current two-tiered system is composed of central and local…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Case Studies, Community Control, Community Involvement
