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Manna, Paul; Kelley, Keenan; Hess, Frederick M. – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2012
In 2011, Indiana's legislature reshaped the state's education policy landscape with a package of laws that enabled local leaders to make swift and potentially sweeping changes to district and school operations. The Hoosier State's reforms, dubbed by supporters as the "Putting Students First" agenda, provide a valuable case study of the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Nongovernmental Organizations, Educational Policy, Public Policy
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Hess, Frederick M.; Leal, David L. – Urban Affairs Review, 1999
Tests a model that explains why school districts choose to enact sex-related education and health programs using information from a 1992 survey by the Council of Urban Boards of Education (United Kingdom) survey. Identifies factors, such as perceived local support, that affect the likelihood a school board will adopt such a program. (SLD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries