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Samuels, Christina A. – Education Week, 2011
A newly signed law in Georgia that gives the governor the power to remove school board members in a district that does not have full accreditation is bringing fresh scrutiny to the role of AdvancED, a private agency that accredits schools in that state and 48 others. The target of the new law, signed by Gov. Nathan Deal, is the 48,000-student…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Educational Change, Boards of Education
Smolnisky, Shelley – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine if there were certain teaching competencies, identified by the state of Oregon and pinpointed by building administrators, which cause the greatest difficulty for new teachers. If there were competencies identified by building administrators as problematic, was there more that teacher education…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Mentors, Elementary Secondary Education, State Standards