The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between urban school mobility and school ratings, one of the performance indicators mandated for schools under the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) and the U.S. Department of Education. While many studies have linked school mobility and…

The 11 items in this annotated bibliography are entries in the ERIC system concerning the effects of school size. Research studies cited center on existing and recommended sizes for schools; relationships between the size of schools and districts and the costs of education; economies of scale; and the effects of school size on achievement, student…

While a statistical summary of activities in a given school year can tell what happened in the district and what problems have to be solved, it does not tell of the personal aspects of school operations such as professional interest of the teachers in the student's progress or parental involvement. Nevertheless, a statistical record of the number…

This monograph presents information on North Carolina middle grades schools: (1) organizational patterns of middle grades schools from 1968 to 1980; (2) reasons for establishing middle grades schools; (3) number and size of middle grades schools; (4) curriculum opportunities; (5) accreditation of schools and professional training of faculty; (6)…

Two hundred randomly selected high school principals in Iowa participated in a survey to assess their perceptions of the role of the school media specialist. Principals were chosen as the target for the study because of their critical role in the functioning of the media center. The questionnaire instrument collected demographic data about the…

THIS REPORT FROM TEXAS WESTERN COLLEGE CONCERNS THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED AND CURRENT PRACTICES IN TEXAS SCHOOL PURCHASING DEPARTMENTS. TWO SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED BY THE COLLEGE TO INVESTIGATE TWO AREAS. ONE WAS TO DETERMINE SUPERINTENDENTS' PURCHASING PRACTICES BY SCHOOL SIZE, WHILE THE SECOND WAS TO DETERMINE, ALSO BY SCHOOL SIZE, THE LEVEL AND…

A two-year interinstitutional study among 15 cooperating universities was conducted to determine whether significant differences exist in teaching loads among the selected universities as measured by student credit hours produced by full-time equivalent faculty. The statistical model was a multivariate analysis of variance with fixed effects and…

The phenomenon of principal "burn out" is the result of many conditions surrounding the principalship. First, as the number of students has risen over the last 40 years, the number of schools has declined. Too, teachers have become better educated and more specialized, making them less ready to accept the opinions and direction of…

A STUDY WAS MADE TO IDENTIFY THE CURRENT THINKING AND PRACTICES OF BUSINESS EDUCATION LEADERS IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN REGARD TO ANCILLARY SERVICES. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO 293 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND RETURNS WERE RECEIVED FROM 175 REPRESENTING 46 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND PUERTO RICO. A SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE OF THE…

Position papers on planning for school district organization were prepared for the project staff of the Great Plains School District Organization Project, a four-state study. A total of 104 studies and reports were prepared by personnel from secondary schools, institutions of higher learning, State Departments of Education, and related educational…

The ratios of Weekly Student Contact Hours (WSCH) to faculty Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) for all community colleges in California are presented. Table 1 ranks WSCH/FTE ratios for the years 1974 through 1976 and indicates that a pattern among the community colleges exists in terms of their highest ratios (statewide mean, 515.6) and lowest ratios…

The speaker presents his philosophy for operating a school and some suggestions for working with teachers, students, and parents to create a humanized school. Among the suggestions are holding block coffees with parents, having monthly "truth sessions" with the P.T.A. board, inviting parents to visit the school at any time, publicizing teacher…

Since the purpose of the schools is education, school size becomes important if it affects the educational opportunities available to students or the effectiveness of the educational program. The rationale for an extremely large secondary school rests on two assumptions--a large school can offer a broader educational program, and costs per student…

Fifteen of the most innovative schools and 15 of the least innovative schools in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, as identified by the Educational Innovation Checklist developed by Hinman, were examined to (1) determine whether there are significant differences between their organizational climates, (2) determine if differences exist…

The careers of 799 male and 1,265 female teachers employed in Oregon school districts were traced for 4 years from 1962 to 1966 to determine the teachers' survival rates. The primary method of analysis chosen was an actuarial approach which involves construction of a survival curve showing numbers of teachers surviving after each period of time…