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Peer reviewedSchuttloffel, Merylann J. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2000
Studied the barriers encountered by an urban school principal in implementing reforms within the context of the Kentucky Educational Reform Act. Results show how site-based decision making councils exemplify a policy decision that ignores the practical realities of distressed schools. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
Download full textReeves, Edward B.; Harty, Harold – 1998
In spite of a mandate to create educational equality, the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) has not eliminated inequalities in school performance scores, and the problem may even be getting worse. The objective of this study is to determine the disparities that exist among Kentucky's eight Service Center regions. The analysis uses school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Context Effect, Data Collection, Educational Change
Peer reviewedAdams, Jacob E., Jr. – Future of Children, 1997
Discusses the content and impact of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) of 1990, which redesigned the state's education system, including new finance, governance, and accountability mechanisms. Although funding differences between school districts declined, the basic proportions of allocations changed very little. The KERA strategy appears…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance)
Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, KY. – 1994
In 1988, the Jefferson County Public Schools, in Louisville (Kentucky), received an initial planning grant from the Program for Student Achievement of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation to focus on three "highs" in education--high content, high expectations, and high support. The school district chose three middle schools to participate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educational Planning
Wheelock, Anne – 1994
In Louisville (Kentucky), the design and effort that foster educational changes are yielding rewards in three of the district's middle schools, participants in the High Project. The High Project, which began in 1989 with the support of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, attempts to provide high expectations, high content, and high support for…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedMurray, Gloria J. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
To enhance reform under the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), the University of Louisville has initiated the Housing and Neighborhood Development Strategies (HANDS) project linking education reform with the Louisville community. HANDS is an innovative and pragmatic partnership of businesses, government, universities, the school system, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College School Cooperation, Community Relations, Disadvantaged Youth
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Coll. of Education. – 1999
This report documents best practices in teacher education at five universities (George Washington University, Western Oregon University, the University of Louisville, Colorado State University, and the University of New Mexico). The universities were part of a project to identify and document how contextual teaching and learning can improve…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Context Effect, Educational Change
