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Direct linkAlsbury, Thomas L. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2008
District-level leadership often has been perceived as irrelevant to educational reform. This study compared district political and apolitical board and superintendent turnover to student performance change on the state criterion-referenced test. Results included student test score decline as board turnover increased, particularly in smaller…
Descriptors: Test Score Decline, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Change, Scores
Cantor, Martin R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the adequacy of education financing in three regions of New York State by comparing the cost of per-pupil education in high schools that meet the No Child Left Behind standard of 90 percent graduation rate and those high schools with 80 percent or less graduation rate in 18 counties of New York State. Also examined were the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Poverty, Graduation Rate
Sales, M. Vance; Taylor, Joseph C. – 1984
The 267 Arkansas school superintendents who responded to a questionnaire mailed to them in 1982 provided the data for this study. Statistical information on the superintendents includes the following: age, sex, and community background; professional experience; entry into public education; classroom teaching experience; age of entry into…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Occupational Information, Occupational Surveys, Superintendents
Fowler, Charles W. – American School Board Journal, 1975
Provides some ground rules that, if followed, can improve the relationship between the board and the superintendent. (IRT)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Superintendents
Peer reviewedUrich, Ted R.; Shermis, S. Samuel – Clearing House, 1969
Descriptors: Administrators, Decision Making, Role Perception, School Administration
Davidson, Jack L. – Sch Manage, 1969
Descriptors: Audiences, Boards of Education, Meetings, Planning
Resnik, Henry S. – Urban Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Decentralization, Educational Planning, Public Opinion
NEA Res Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Geographic Distribution, Salary Wage Differentials, School Districts, Superintendents
Download full textALLEN, ROY B. – 1966
THE AUTHOR STATES THAT THREE DEFINITIONS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ROLE ARE DISTINGUISHED BY THE FORM OF THE PARTICULAR NEGOTIATION PROCESS--(1) SUPERINTENDENT UNINVOLVED, WITH NEGOTIATION CARRIED ON DIRECTLY BY TEACHER-ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, (2) SUPERINTENDENT ACTING AS BOARD OF EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVE IN…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Superintendents, Teacher Associations
Williams, T. H. – 1968
Presented to the Sixth Canadian Conference on Educational Research, this paper seeks to determine and analyze the methods of selection and the conditions of employment of provincially-employed superintendents and inspectors of schools in the nine English-speaking provinces of Canada. Most of the data was gathered by questionnaires (which had a…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Education, Employment, Questionnaires
Becker, Harry A., Ed. – 1968
This folio on working with teacher aides contains three parts, one each for the school administrator, the classroom teacher, and the teacher aide. Part A contains a plan (with eight exhibits including selected readings, model policies and regulations, sample pay schedules, sample job descriptions, and sample aide application forms) for the school…
Descriptors: Differentiated Staffs, Staff Role, Superintendents, Teacher Aides
Parsons, Cynthia – American School Board Journal, 1978
The author recommends that school district business affairs be placed in the hands of experienced trained business executives and that academic affairs be placed in the hands of the best curriculum and teaching staff developers. Superintendents who do not meet these standards should be dismissed. (IRT)
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Retrenchment
Cramer, Jerome – Executive Educator, 1984
The superintendent of Pasadena schools was fired and then rehired. This profile outlines how, although some criticize his management style, he is still cited for his leadership, dedication, and love of education. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership, Superintendents
Goens, George A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Satirical/fictional account of one superintendent's obsessions with high technology, computers, and computer literacy. (JBM)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Satire
Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2006
In the world of school reform and improvement, attention is seldom paid to the role of the school board. Yet most school districts across the country are governed by an elected or appointed school board whose members are the ultimate architects of the district's plan for increasing student achievement. Therefore, a clear understanding of the…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Academic Achievement, Boards of Education, Superintendents
