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Download full textGITTELL, MARILYN – 1967
A 3-YEAR STUDY OF DECISION MAKING IN THE NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS EXPLORES THE POLITICAL FORCES AFFECTING EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND EVALUATES THE RELATIVE OPENNESS OF THE SYSTEM. POLICY MAKERS INCLUDE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, 31 LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE HEAD OFFICE STAFF, THE FIELD STAFF (PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, DISTRICT…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Boards of Education, Budgeting, Curriculum Development
GODFREY, ELEANOR P.; AND OTHERS – 1965
A FOLLOWUP SURVEY WAS MADE OF 238 SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF VARIOUS SIZES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO SURVEY CHANGES IN THE USE OF AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES OVER AN INTERVENING 3-YEAR PERIOD. THE SURVEY EXAMINED NOT ONLY THE EXTENT AND DURATION OF CHANGE, BUT ALSO THE IMPACT OF VARIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICT CHARACTERISTICS ON CHANGE. FROM QUESTIONNAIRES ADDRESSED…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Media
Piele, Philip K., Comp.; Hall, John S., Comp. – 1969
This annotated bibliography contains 44 entries dealing with various administrator techniques used in collective negotiations. An index is provided for access to specific topics covered by the entries. These topics include (1) the scope and examples of negotiable items, (2) collecting and organizing background data, (3) the structure and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Annotated Bibliographies, Arbitration, Board of Education Role
Stephens, E. Robert; And Others – 1967
An extensive study, reported in three separately published sections, was made to determine primary aspects of the current consolidation and redistricting of local school districts. Basic procedures used to gather information included a survey of related literature, visitations to county and intermediate educational agencies in Iowa and other…
Descriptors: County Officials, County School Districts, Financial Support, Intermediate Administrative Units
Chorness, M. H.; And Others – 1969
This annotated bibliography and literature review covers educational literature concerned with the decision making process, innovation, organization for change, sources of information regarding educational change and innovation, and the role which various agents in the field of education play in the decision making process. A special emphasis has…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Change Agents, Decision Making
Dawson, Mildred, Ed. – 1964
The need to develop in children a desire to read and an appreciation of worthwhile reading materials is discussed. Each chapter is written by an authority and covers a different aspect of children's library book reading. Topics discussed include: the courage and valor of characters in books and the importance of these to children; the authors of…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Educational Media, Elementary School Teachers
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Student Assessment Section. – 1977
The Florida Statewide Assessment Program annually tests students on their achievement of statewide objectives in the basic skills areas of mathematics, reading, and writing. The objective-referenced tests, which measure entry-level skills, are administered in the fall of each year. Results are provided for each student, school, district, and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Information Needs
Adkison, Judith – 1978
This case study examined the recent history of a southwestern school district of approximately 80,000 students and its 1977 school board election. The results of the study provide evidence supporting the theory linking the complexity of a school district with electoral competition and with open conflict on the board and between the board and the…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board Candidates, Boards of Education, Case Studies
Salt Lake City School District, UT. – 1975
This paper examines the phenomenon of declining school enrollments from the viewpoint of the school district superintendent and discusses what steps the superintendent should take to cope with the problem. The author devotes much of his attention to the process of closing schools; he outlines specific strategies the board of education and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Change Strategies, Conflict Resolution, Consolidated Schools
Gallup, Lelland L. – 1970
To facilitate the writing of relevant curriculums for building construction technicians, this study collected data concerning the occupational characteristics, job descriptions, and specialized training requirements for these employees. Data were obtained through interviews with 25 employees from 13 building construction firms within the State of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Bibliographies, Building Trades, Construction Industry
Saxe, Richard W. – 1969
To examine current communication and involvement patterns between municipal and educational governments in urban areas, a questionnaire was mailed to mayors of the nation's 50 largest cities. Responses to the questionnaires indicated that (1) incoming and outgoing communications about local school issues normally flow through the school…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, City Officials, Communication Problems
Fischer, John H. – 1969
To achieve significant educational change responsive to the major problems of our society, the following assumptions which continue largely to dominate education must be reexamined: (1) That education is a privilege to be enjoyed by those who are able to obtain it for themselves, and a form of charity for those less fortunate; (2) that a principal…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia. Government Studies Center. – 1969
Two distinct types of planning-programing-budgeting systems (PPBS)--manual and semiautomated--have been developed in the ESEA Title III, Intermediate Unit Planning Study (see EA 002 750). The PPB systems are for use by intermediate units and by school districts in Pennsylvania. The first type is detailed in this document and is referred to as the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
Mathews, Walter M. – 1973
A survey of the use of eight decision-science techniques was conducted in a stratified random cample of school districts in the United States. The purpose of the study was to determine the relative use frequency of these techniques in 14 application areas and the potential uses of the techniques in the school districts. The amount of formal…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Cost Effectiveness, Critical Path Method
Kean, Michael H. – 1973
The major objective of this study was to examine and describe how a large urban school system (the School District of Philadelphia) responds to crisis generated by student unrest. The purpose was to test the notion that crisis, under certain management conditions, may result in positive change or development. The procedure consisted of two parts.…
Descriptors: Activism, Case Studies, Crisis Management, Decision Making
