The superintendent's role is clearly different from that of board members or principals, yet many activities and skills are either similar or identical. This study examines training needs for school board members, superintendents, and principals. This particular report covers Kansas superintendents, focusing on job performance needs and associated…

Actions which superintendents can take to promote the improvement of K-12 public education are presented in this brochure. The brochure is one of a series which offers specific ways in which different interest groups can respond to the eight broad action recommendations proposed by the Education Commission of the States' Task Force on Education…

A study was conducted to assess the expectations and sources of conflict and frustration for school board members in Washington, Missouri, and New Jersey. It tested the widely held belief that school board members are experiencing increased conflict and frustration and explored how these pressures are related to the conflicting expectations on…

This report outlines procedures for a weekend study session between a school board and the superintendent. The purpose of the study session is to provide an opportunity to establish basic directions and decision-making roles for the board and the superintendent. The weekend study session is usually attended by the board and the superintendent's…

Decreasing enrollments and financial problems have led to considerable restructuring in North Dakota schools. One form of restructuring was the creation of dual-role administrative positions combining two or all of the roles of superintendent, elementary principal, and secondary principal. In 1987, 47 of 51 administrators holding such positions…

To explore why school administrators have only a limited base of knowledge of the laws and cases affecting education, the Informational Resource Questionnaire (IRQ) was designed to study attitudes about legal knowledge. The IRQ focuses on school demographics, which resources administrators most commonly use to obtain both general and legal…

National concerns in education and their implications for one local district are the focus of these remarks by a superintendent to his returning staff as he begins his fifth year in the Eugene, Oregon school district. Among the topics addressed are popular attitudes toward education, the achievements of the American educational system through the…

In introducing a symposium on Kensington School (Missouri), an innovative elementary school in Milford School District, this paper discusses the origins of the restudy of Kensington 15 years after its creation and narrates the story of 2 key years in the district's history. The authors describe how a revisit to the district uncovered new…

Perspectives of public school and postsecondary administrators concerning college-school cooperation were surveyed, as were their responses to the recommendations of the 1983 National Commission on Excellence in Education's report, "A Nation at Risk, The Imperative for Educational Reform." Four school district superintendents, 26…

The sex of educational leaders is important and highly relevant information, and as such, should be easily available in a form which guarantees accuracy: the information in this article provides the basis for analyzing the current status of women in educational governance. (Author/JM)

Author argued that collective bargaining is not the best solution for teacher's problems but rather destroys the improvement desired for teachers, children, and society. He suggests the responsibility lies with the State Legislature. (Author/RK)

A response by Professor John Walton of Johns Hopkins University, Former President of the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore, to the article by Antero Pietila of the Baltimore Sun which was published in "Integrateducation" for November-December 1974. (Author/JM)

A reply by Antero Pietila of the Baltimore Sun to a response by Professor John Walton of Johns Hopkins University, former President of the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore, to his article which was published in "Integrateducation" for November-December, 1974. (Author/JM)

Interviews with 18 superintendents, assistant superintendents, and principals in Arizona schools are presented that illustrate their views on the relationship of community education to the basic functions of the school. Focus is on how community education contributes to the regular, ongoing K-12 curriculum. Administrator responses are directed to…

Requests for administrator certification standards mailed to state directors of teacher education and certification produced replies from all states except Connecticut and Nevada. To handle the responses, a data collection framework was established that would allow for relatively easy comparisons among states of certification standards for…