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Moeller, Eliza; Seeskin, Alex; Nagaoka, Jenny – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2018
The UChicago Consortium, Network for College Success, and the To&Through Project's new paper, "Practice-Driven Data: Lessons from Chicago's Approach to Research, Data, and Practice in Education," shares key lessons learned from Chicago's approach to using data to foster ongoing improvement in students' educational attainment. This…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Educational Improvement
Bae, Soung – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2017
Part of the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) research series titled "Teachers' Time: Collaborating for Learning, Teaching, and Leading," this case study looks at Hillsdale High School, a large, comprehensive high school located in San Mateo, California, a high-tech enclave of Silicon Valley nestled 23 miles…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Time Management, Cooperative Learning, Time Factors (Learning)
Chubb, John E. – 1987
Despite prestigious reports, most notably "A Nation at Risk," and fervent reform efforts, school performance is unlikely to be improved by measures failing to recognize that schools are institutions--complex organizations composed of interdependent parts, governed by well-established rules and norms, and adapted for stability. Effective…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Organization, Educational Improvement, Government School Relationship
Riches, Vivienne C.; Parmenter, Trevor R. – 1991
This report describes a pilot program of the New South Wales (Australia) Department of Education to develop community transition teams as part of an effort to provide transition education to people with disabilities. The project is based on a model developed in Oregon and stresses assisting each community to work cooperatively to assess local…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Huebner, Kathleen Mary; And Others – 1986
Developed as part of a project to encourage state-wide collaborative agreements between education and rehabilitation agencies involved in the transition of blind and visually handicapped students (ages 16-25) from school into the work force, the manual is intended to assist state teams of education, rehabilitation, parent, and consumer…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Blindness, Cooperative Planning, Education Work Relationship
Fruchter, Norm; And Others – 1995
This report is the result of a year-long evaluation of special education in New York City (New York) and presents major recommendations for reorganizing general and special education. It proposes a school-based model with an integrated general/special education system, and use of an enrichment allocation from merged special and general education…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Educational Change