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Download full textDavid, Jane L. – 1994
Under the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), School-Based Decision Making (SBDM) is the provision that creates school councils and delegates to them the authority to make important educational decisions to improve student performance. This paper describes findings from the third year of a 5-year study of SBDM that focused on early examples of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Instructional Innovation
Peer reviewedSlaton, Deborah Bott; Atwood, Virginia A.; Shake, Mary C.; Hales, Rene M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1997
Surveyed reactions of experienced primary teachers to the educational changes mandated by the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) and whether these changes affected teacher retirement decisions. Responses indicated concern over the primary school program components of multiage grouping, no retention/no promotion, and increased mainstreaming. KERA…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Grade Repetition, Instructional Innovation
McDiarmid, G. Williamson; Kelly, Philip P. – 1997
To examine how Kentucky teachers perceive their needs and how to best meet those needs in the context of systemic reform, researchers examined teachers' plans for their own professional development. Data came from case studies of 21 Kentucky schools that were part of the Professional Development in the Service of Systemic Reform project and a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1993
The Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) of 1990 has given educators the authority as well as the responsibility for improving educational practices within their schools. A study group of five Kentucky teachers assisted by the Kentucky Education Association and the Appalachia Educational Laboratory was formed to research the extent and uses of…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Legislation, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
