This report discusses the outcomes of a study that examined how special education services were being provided in four elementary schools in the Austin Independent School District in the 1997-98 school year: Brentwood, Dawson, Pillow, and Zavala. The study's intention was to determine how much, if any, inclusion of students with disabilities in…

This paper describes part of a Teaching Competence Project in which a national sample of head teachers (principals) in England supplied information about their experiences with incompetent instructors. The information was gained through interviews and questionnaires, which focused on the head teachers' experiences and roles in dealing with…

This paper provides a review of the literature on the roles and responsibilities of the academic departmental chair in colleges and universities. Carroll and Gmelch (1992) found four orientations in a factor analysis of department chair duties: leader chairs, scholar chairs, faculty developer chairs, and manager chairs. Creswell and Brown (1992)…

This guidebook is intended to help school boards focus their efforts on understanding and achieving the elements of their key work. Chapter 1 discusses the concept of systems thinking as a framework for organizational thinking and learning. It also provides an overview of the key work of improving student achievement. This work focuses on eight…

The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) conducted two surveys to determine what superintendents and principals have available in training, information and technical support, and networks to give them the skills and knowledge they need to lead schools in keeping up with rapidly changing technology. The first survey focused on the amount and…

The principal is the key to realizing educational reform on the K-12 campus, being the catalyst who creates a culture of enhanced teaching and learning. This atmosphere encourages adults and children to express their ideas, thoughts, and concerns about the education process. The paper present results from three collaborative studies undertaken in…

This report is the fourth in the National Presidents' Study series and presents results of the 1998 study responded to by 2,380 college and university presidents. Highlights of presidents in 1998 compared to 1986 include: the percentage of women presidents doubled, from 9.5 percent to 19 percent; the proportion of minority presidents increased…

The on-going professional development is the heart of Reading Recovery's success, pumping support to developing professionals in the program at all levels through renewed learning, collaboration, problem solving, and exposure to new research. On-going professional development is critical: (1) administrators need to protect their investment in the…

It has been slightly more than a decade since the 1988 Supreme Court "Hazelwood" decision which reaffirmed the right of high school principals to censor stories in the student newspaper. That ruling caused advisers, principals, and students to reevaluate the operation of those publications. This study investigates press freedom in high…

In the fall of 2000, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) received a three-year grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to create and enhance service learning initiatives at community colleges across the country. Service learning combines community service with academic instruction, focusing on…

Suggests some ideas for improving the teaching of math and discusses critically the role of the administrator in developing a successful mathematics program on the basis of an informal interview survey of 10 elementary school principals and 20 classroom teachers, two from each school of the ten principals. (JM)

Author examined the effectiveness of the law as an instrument for educational change and noted that existing research shows judicial decisions are relatively ineffective in changing schools and the behavior of school administrators. (Editor/RK)

An administrator attempts to defend his professional behavior with a statement of principles designed to point out that the academic world is similar to the life outside it, full of apparent incompatibilities that had to be made compatible by the art of politics. (Author/RK)

Discusses the factors which inhibit change in educational policy, and the innovations that were introduced in the fifties and sixties to elementary schools, as well as current educational practice. (RK)

Presents an inquiry into the nature of principals' written accounts of observations of classroom teaching. (Author/RK)