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Direct linkEpstein, Kitty Kelly – Peter Lang New York, 2006
This book tells a fascinating story about the realities of urban education in America. It provides new insights on teacher selection and preparation, curriculum, school takeovers, federal legislation, the role of business, and the impact of the civil rights movement on urban schools. The result is a new perspective on what educational reform…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Urban Schools, Civil Rights, Critical Theory
Nottingham, Marv – 1985
The professional expectations for a superintendent are outlined and organized under three sets of skills. Technical skills, the first set described, include (1) having language skills, (2) understanding teaching and being a teacher, (3) being current on learning theory, (4) being familiar with a variety of curricula, and (5) acting as a liaison…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Characteristics, Boards of Education, Curriculum
Beyer, Landon E., Ed.; Apple, Michael W., Ed. – 1988
Over the past few decades, educators have witnessed a slowly growing but significant change in the way they approach their work. Professional curriculum debate now tends to be over procedures, not over what counts as legitimate knowledge. This book aims to reintegrate the ethical, personal, and political into curriculum discourse and decision…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Vernez, Georges; Karam, Rita; Mariano, Louis T.; DeMartini, Christine – RAND Corporation, 2006
This study was designed to fill the "implementation measurement" gap. A methodology to quantitatively measure the level of Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) implementation that can be used across a variety of CSR models was developed, and then applied to measure actual implementation of four different CSR models in a large number of schools. The…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, School Restructuring, Parent Participation
Download full textKirst, Michael W. – 1987
This analysis of the changing balance in who controls the schools contends that local authorities have been slowly losing authority to the states. Moreover, within the local districts, the central offices are assuming more control in such matters as curriculum content and state testing programs. The paper begins with an overview of recent…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Boards of Education, Centralization
Ainley, John; And Others – 1982
This summary provides an overview of three reports comprising a study of resource allocation policies through various organizational structures at both the education system and school levels. An introduction briefly reviews related research and outlines the overall structure of the study, citing some issues of special concern: the balance between…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Class Size, Curriculum, Educational Administration
