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Howley, Craig B. – 2000
This digest looks at school district size and its possible relationship to school performance, defined here as aggregate achievement of a school's students on state-mandated tests. An overview of size issues briefly discusses class size, school size, district size, and organizational "scaling" or coordination of various levels of size.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Poverty
Howley, Craig B.; Howley, Aimee E.; Howley, Caitlin W.; Howley, Marged D. – Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM), 2006
This study closely examined interview transcripts collected in six rural schools to describe how educators and community members viewed issues of social class. Data came from an SEA-funded project investigating high-poverty schools honored for serving all students well. This study is one of several drawing on data gathered for this project.…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Middle Class, Values, Instructional Leadership