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Hall, Gene E., Ed.; Quin, Linda F., Ed.; Gollnick, Donna M., Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2018
This enlightening handbook offers current, international perspectives on the conditions in communities, contemporary practices in schooling, relevant research on teaching and learning, and implications for the future of education. It contains diverse conceptual frameworks for analyzing existing issues in education, including but not limited to…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Context Effect
Royal, Camika; Tossman, Matthew – Research for Action, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to inform the community about teacher appraisal methods in the School District of Philadelphia, outline the difficulties of the current system, and suggest approaches that would strengthen the teacher appraisal process. The authors gathered their information over three months in mid-2009 from multiple sources:…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Program Improvement, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
Bryk, Anthony S.; Hill, Paul; Shipps, Dorothy – 1999
This paper helps community partners envision a system of community schools and understand the changes needed to make it a reality. Information in the paper is adapted from a study by the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago and the Center for Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington. The study…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Community Schools
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1982
This booklet describes the interrelated and complementary educational roles and duties of the school district superintendent, principal, system media contact person, media coordinator, media specialist, curriculum coordinator, instructional staff, system media committee, building media committee, and the community. The descriptions of each role…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Role, Coordinators, Educational Media
Bennett, William J. – 1986
Aided by a 21-member Elementary Education Study Group, the Secretary of Education has prepared the first comprehensive report on elementary education in the United States in more than three decades. The report finds America's elementary schools in pretty good shape, and states that they do their job especially well in the early grades, only…
Descriptors: Community Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education
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Goos, Merrilyn – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2004
In this article, the author presents findings from a national project coordinated by the University of Queensland. The project was designed to explore the links between home, school, and community that supported children's numeracy development. Two of the aims of this project were to: (a) critically review recent Australian and international…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Primary Education