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Direct linkMead, Sara – Education Next, 2007
The passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2001 brought new urgency to the task of turning around low-performing schools. While many schools have been identified as needing improvement under NCLB, only a small percentage have failed to make progress for long enough--six years--to be subject to restructuring, the most serious consequence…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, School Districts, Charter Schools
Download full textScott, Caitlin – Center on Education Policy, 2008
This report describes Michigan's school restructuring efforts under the No Child Left Behind Act, and includes findings from case studies of nine schools in four school districts: Detroit Public Schools, Flint Community Schools, Harrison Community Schools, and Willow Run Community Schools. Key findings from the report include: (1) more Michigan…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Community Schools, Federal Legislation, School Districts
Hannaway, Jane; Kimball, Kristi – 1997
The passage of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in 1994 represented a fundamental shift in the character of federal aid to education and demanded new roles and responsibilities for states, districts, and the federal government. This handbook presents findings from a…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Talley, Ronda C.; Short, Rick Jay – 1995
With the release of "A Nation at Risk" in 1983, Americans focused on the report's declaration of "a rising tide of mediocrity" in the schools, which suggested unacceptable results in the education of America's children and youth. Concurrent to the missives levied at schools' lack of progress with academics and other…
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Consultants, Delivery Systems, Educational Change
IDRA Newsletter, 1997
This theme issue newsletter includes five articles on the theme of the coordinated, efficient, and equitable use of funds in educational programming. "A Successful Coordination of Funds and Programs Approach: Four Dimensions of the School Restructuring Process" (Abelardo Villarreal, Oanh H. Maroney) examines the interrelatedness of four…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Finn, Chester E., Jr.; Ravitch, Diane – 1995
This report evaluates major developments in American education and federal education policy for the year 1994-95. Part 1 focuses on efforts to improve student achievement. It examines National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data and assigns the national public schools the grade of C+ in mathematics achievement and a D in reading…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Charter Schools, Decentralization, Educational Improvement
