Attempts to write definitely on public school administrators' rights to continuing employment are risky because states vary so widely in their statutes. There is not much litigation about administrators' rights because in most states administrators are not covered by the same tenure laws that protect teacher employment. Statutory law in some…

The speaker discusses the effect recent Supreme Court cases have had on teacher and administrator dismissals and contract nonrenewals. He notes two implications--that board members and administrators must become better informed of the rights of students, teachers, and staff members and that board policies must become more clearly defined and more…

Four different mailed questionnaire surveys dealing with inequality in educational opportunity for Mexican Americans have been conducted in the Southwest: (1) Fall 1968, Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) survey of 1,204 superintendents in districts with 300 students or more; (2) Spring 1969, Mexican American Education Study (MAES) survey of 538…

This five-part document presents the results of a feasibility study on administrative reorganization commissioned by the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, School District. The first section describes the research design, the data collection techniques, and the involvement of Harrisburg personnel in the study. Section two provides nineteen generalizations…

Three-part guidelines detail the development of a comprehensive special education program. The first part, dealing with planning and other administrative tasks, is addressed to the superintendent; the second, outlining the actual mechanics of establishing a program, is for the special education director; and the third, covering day to day…

This paper reports a study designed as a preliminary effort to learn how chief school officials are evaluated by boards of education and to make recommendations for improving evaluation procedures. The descriptive research reported herein (1) identifies the status of evaluative procedures for chief school administrators in New Jersey, (2)…

This paper shows school districts how to establish and operate an individualized continuing education program for their administrators. The focus is on ICE programs designed and operated by schoolmen throughout the nation. The report includes the rationale for the ICE program, several program descriptions, a list of characteristics that…

In this paper, the author reports a study that attempted to determine who actually performs specific school business administration tasks in school districts of less than 5,000-pupil enrollments. Questionnaires were sent to 2,500, randomly selected, "small" districts (out of a total of 15,686 such districts.) Study findings revealed…

This paper comprises a compilation of information on the positional mobility and migration of superintendents and superintendent-principals within the Oregon public school system. The author reports on studies of 43 superintendents who left their positions in one year. He analyzes (1) the turnover rate and the school system size, (2) the mobility…

Women administrators characteristically bring a distinctive and valuable background to their positions as high-echelon school district managers because of the comparatively (to men) humble route they take to the top. (Author)

In response to those critics who say that the schools should be run in a more businesslike manner, the author provides examples of business practices that are unlikely to win popular support. (IRT)

Three years ago when Hartford established excellence as a theme, the district put academic achievement at the top of its list of five goals. The other four goals were organizational climate, education with equity, economic empowerment, and management of resources. (Author/IRT)

This is an interview with Carl Candoli, School Superintendent of the Lansing, Michigan, School System, and one of the chief authors of the Cluster Plan for desegregation, which emphasized busing. (Author/AM)

The superintendent of a school district lists his district's problems and goals. In the spring he will discuss the successes he had in achieving those goals. (IRT)