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Download full textNew Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1985
This sourcebook, prepared to assist New Jersey urban school principals and administrators, presents research findings and describes exemplary programs related to the Urban Initiative, a school improvement project of the New Jersey Department of Education. The source book consists of three major sections. Section 1 reviews effective schools…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum, Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 2000
This guide's 11 sections are: "Evolution of Whole School Reform (WSR) in New Jersey"; "Department of Education Organizational Structure in Support of Urban Education Reform"; "Whole School Reform Regulations"; "School Management Teams: Leading the Process"; "Becoming a Whole School Reform School";…
Descriptors: Budgets, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change
Dolan, Lawrence J. – 1992
This report examines five models of school-based integrated human service programs to evaluate the effects of the programs in light of the growing support for and implementation of these programs. The study examined the following programs: (1) school-based health clinics in Baltimore (Maryland); (2) Success for All (an elementary school-level…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Counseling Services, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Biester, Thomas W.; And Others – 1984
This paper presents the results of an Achievement Directed Leadership (ADL) field test conducted at eight elementary schools and a middle school in an urban school district in New Jersey during the 1981-82 school year. The stated purpose of the field test was only secondarily to assess student outcomes; its major objective was to help principals…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Education Law Center, Inc., Newark, NJ. – 1998
This document contains the following "Abbott Opinions": (1) "Early Childhood Education"; (2) "Adequate School Facilities"; (3) "Supplemental Programs and Whole School Reform in Elementary Schools"; (4) "Supplemental Programs in Middle and High Schools"; and (5) "Planning Programs and Budgets…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
French, Valarie W. – 1984
This paper describes the activities and experiences of a technical assistance consultant working with a superintendent and assistant superintendent to implement the Achievement Directed Leadership (ADL) school improvement program during 1981-82. The paper's first section describes the ADL program's "top-down" implementation plan, with…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Change Agents, Consultants
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1985
New Jersey has proposed state and local programs to help solve educational problems in the areas of the teaching profession, student performance, and educational leadership. To continue a supply of talented teachers, the state has developed initiatives such as a minimum salary increase, a recruitment program for top high school graduates, reformed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
