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Asera, Rose – RP Group, 2016
The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group) launched Leading from the Middle (LFM) Academy in 2013 as a professional development experience for community college educators--faculty, administrators, and staff--who have formal or informal leadership responsibilities. Over the first three years, close to 150…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Middle Management, Professional Development, Leadership Training
Asera, Rose – RP Group, 2016
The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group) launched Leading from the Middle (LFM) Academy in 2013 as a professional development experience for community college educators--faculty, administrators, and staff--who have formal or informal leadership responsibilities. Based on a commitment to learning from experience,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Middle Management, Professional Development, Leadership Training
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Claugus, Jean T. – Social Studies Review, 1985
Current agendas of the California State Department of Education, the California State Board of Education, and the California State Legislature are examined. Some part of each agenda has potential for impact on the social studies area of instruction. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Studies
Boaler, Jo – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
The poor performance of students in America's urban high schools, both in absolute terms and in comparison with their more economically secure counterparts in suburban schools, is a critical issue for the country, and the opportunity for all students to learn mathematics has been heralded as the new "civil right." In a recent study of…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Teaching Methods, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools
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Riley, Karen L.; Totten, Samuel – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2002
Over the past two decades, interest in Holocaust education has grown substantially as individual states, starting in the 1980s, began to mandate and/or recommend Holocaust studies as part of the social studies curriculum. As a result, these mandates and/or interest in the Holocaust have spawned any number of curriculum products, some of which seek…
Descriptors: Empathy, Social Studies, Death, Curriculum Design
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1997
This document is a revision of the California History-Social Science Curriculum first published in 1988. The framework represents an effort to strengthen education in the history-social science curriculum while building on the best practices contained in the previous document. The book addresses the goals of knowledge and cultural understanding…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Public Schools, Social Sciences
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This July 2, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "The Provost as Gatekeeper: A Former Provost Offers Advice on Managing the…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Tenure, College Faculty, Plagiarism