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Trujillo, Tina; Renée, Michelle – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background: In 2009, the Obama Administration announced its intention to rapidly "turn around" 5,000 of the nation's lowest-performing schools. To do so, it relied on the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program to provide temporary funding for states and schools, and to mandate drastic, school-level reforms. Most of these reforms require…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Turnaround, Change Strategies, Democratic Values
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Tirozzi, Gerald N.; Uro, Gabriela – American Psychologist, 1997
Reviews national policy initiatives that have supported local efforts for school improvement. These include the reauthorized Title I program (Improving America's Schools Act of 1994) and the enactment of the Goals 2000 Act. Discusses the five themes identified by the U.S. Department of Education as essential for comprehensive educational…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
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Ray, James F. – Education and Urban Society, 1981
Presents an historical perspective on the formation of substate governmental and political coalitions. Reports that urban school districts participate in the formation and workings of cooperative regional councils to a very small extent. Advocates further public school participation by presenting eight advantages for schools. (Author/MK)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Institutional Cooperation, Local Government, Regional Cooperation
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Fisher, Ronald C.; Papke, Leslie E. – National Tax Journal, 2000
Provides a primer for policymakers about the economics of education grants and draws implications for school finance reform. Includes an overview of the types of education grants that states and the federal government have used to aid local spending and summarizes findings from states' experiences with different forms of education finance.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
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Paterson, Lindsay – Scottish Educational Review, 1998
Discusses implications of the new Scottish parliament for socially inclusive, comprehensive secondary education and assesses the role of local government in education in the context of the new government. Argues in favor of radical renewal of the principles of comprehensive education and the development of active citizenship through education.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Policy, Equal Education
Brown, Benjamin H., Jr. – 1978
This report presents an analysis of the fiscal ability and effort of counties in Tennessee to support public education with alternative formulas for measuring relative ability to pay. Chapter 1 is a review of related literature that provides a background for tracing the development of the rationales used in fiscal capacity measures. It has two…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Fiscal Capacity
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Kirst, Michael W. – Educational Researcher, 1995
Discusses 10 years of research on intergovernmental relations in education policy and examines current intergovernmental issues. Overall, governmental action at all levels is revealed to be largely unproductive. The author states that policies need to be more robust and sophisticated without losing sight of the realities of the classroom and that…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Firestone, William A.; Bader, Beth D. – 1992
This book clarifies current efforts to reform teaching by providing a conceptual analysis of what a professional and a bureaucratic view of teaching entail. Case studies are presented illustrating what happens when differing approaches to teachers' work are tried in three school districts. The first chapter describes the two approaches to reform…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Case Studies, Context Effect, Educational Practices
Development Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1979
This report provides as complete a description as available data permit of the nature and operations of the Adult Education Act Grant Program. It is divided into three major chapters. The first presents programmatic background information and a legislative history of the Adult Education Program providing funds to state and local projects. Chapter…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Programs
New Mexico State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Santa Fe. – 1983
The report briefly outlines the population characteristics, public employment and political representation status of the Dona Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, and Sierra counties in southern New Mexico for a 10-year period. The three sections of each profile focus on the city government, largest city in that county, and school district…
Descriptors: City Government, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends
Faber, Charles F. – 1990
The historical and current balance among the federal, state, and local levels in the control of education is reviewed in this report, with a focus on effective schools research and the management of change. Five policy instruments are described, which include mandates, inducements, capacity-building, system-changing, and leadership. A conceptual…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
New Mexico State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Santa Fe. – 1983
The report briefly outlines the population characteristics, public employment and political representation status of the Chaves, Curry, Eddy, Lea, and Roosevelt counties in southern New Mexico for a 10-year period. The three sections of each profile focus on the county government, largest city in that county, and school district encompassing that…
Descriptors: City Government, Economic Factors, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education