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Download full textPankovits, Tressa; Osborne, David – Progressive Policy Institute, 2020
Across the country, urban school districts are moving beyond industrial-era systems by creating "innovation" or "partnership" schools that have the freedom to reinvent the way they educate students. The Progressive Policy Institute released a how-to guide for legislators, district leaders, and advocates who want to create more…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Educational Innovation, Program Implementation
Direct linkNorton, M. Scott – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016
Top-down mandates concerning the curriculum of the school leave no room for program creativity and program commitment. Yet principals and teachers are held accountable for student achievement results. Constitutionally, powers not granted to the United States are reserved to the States or to the people. This book's primary purposes center on the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, School District Autonomy, Institutional Autonomy, Teacher Responsibility
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1974
In addition to some general and basic principles regarding the importance of an acceptable accountability system, a number of specific criteria for evaluating state accountability programs is provided. The stated purposes of such a system and the specific uses of the resulting data should be clear and concise. Local control must be retained and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria
Stefonek, Tom; And Others – 1974
This publication is intended to help improve the educational planning and evaluation practices of the several hundred small- to medium-sized Wisconsin school districts that do not have a centralized planning staff. Although it was prepared specifically for school districts in Wisconsin, its content is just as useful and applicable to districts in…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Bureau for Administrative Services. – 1977
This data supplement, which covers 1976-77, updates the statistics and information contained in EA 009 930. Both parts of "Planning for Better Education in Wisconsin" were compiled by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to provide information needed by local school boards, administrators, advisory committees, and agency school…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Census Figures, Educational Finance, Educational Planning
Wolfe, Wendell W., Ed. – 1974
The publication, a training manual for rural advisory school boards, was developed by the Alaska State-Operated School System (ASOSS) and the Center for Northern Educational Research. It is a tangible demonstration that educational officials and policy makers at the State level are actively seeking ways to encourage local village residents to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Educational Development
Fonstad, Clifton G. – 1976
The purpose of this handbook is to provide suggested guidelines and pertinent information that will be helpful to Wisconsin Agency School Committees in assessing the effectiveness of present school districts, developing effective long-range plans for district organization, and evaluating educational planning in school districts. This volume, in…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Census Figures, Committees, Educational Finance
