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Download full textQuint, Janet C.; Akey, Theresa M.; Rappaport, Shelley; Willner, Cynthia J. – MDRC, 2007
The Instructional Leadership Study provides suggestive evidence that providing instruction-related professional development to school principals can improve teaching and learning in their schools. The study examines a theory of school change articulated by the Institute for Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. The IFL provides technical…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Strategic Planning, Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary Schools
Peer reviewedMcAdams, Richard P.; Cressman, Brad K. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1997
Perceptions of school superintendents and school board members regarding their respective roles in school governance were studied with 175 superintendents and 226 school board members. Significant differences were found in role perceptions of superintendents and school board members; both groups believed they should have more authority relative to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Boards of Education
Peer reviewedShedd, Mark R.; And Others – Education and Urban Society, 1974
A discussion of managerial retraining in order to further administrative reorganization and improvement of management by the former Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia, an organizational development consultant, and an educator with an interest in organizational development. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Institutes (Training Programs), Leadership Training
Peer reviewedMcGinley, Daniel J.; Rafferty, Bernard F. – Urban Education, 1975
Discusses the two strikes underwent by the School District of Philadelphia during the 1972-1973 school year, noting the effect of a teacher strike on the role of the Principal. (JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Policy, Political Issues, Principals
STATE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RELATIONS – 1962
THE CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES FOR INTERGROUP EDUCATION ARE DIVIDED BETWEEN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY GRADES. IN ELEMENTARY GRADES, SPECIAL TECHNIQUES ARE APPLIED TO SOCIAL STUDIES, LANGUAGE ARTS, SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, ART EDUCATION, MUSIC EDUCATION, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION. THE TECHNIQUES IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE APPLIED TO U.S. HISTORY, WORLD…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Schools
Peer reviewedBartoli, Jill Sunday – Talking Points, 2003
Notes that the state of Pennsylvania has one of the poorest records for equality in public school funding. Describes how administrators in the Harrisburg School District, one of the low-funded urban school districts, attempt to promote literacy and lift students from low-income families out of a failure cycle that many assume is irreversible.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Child Health, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment
Gold, Eva; Simon, Elaine; Cucchiara, Maia; Mitchell, Cecily; Riffer, Morgan – Research for Action, 2007
This report was undertaken to assess the state of civic capacity for education reform in Philadelphia. It challenges community and civic sectors of the city to put aside individual interests and work together to mobilize resources to pursue the collective good of public school improvement. The report demonstrates that many of the elements…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Middle Class, School Restructuring, Educational Change
Brantner, Seymour T.; And Others – 1974
On May 4, 1970, the State of Pennsylvania entered upon a new era of school administration with the passage of Act 102. This act established the Intermediate Unit (IU), which provides consultative, advisory, or education program services to school districts, as the middle echelon of a three-echelon educational system (school district, intermediate…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Development, Educational Research, Intermediate Administrative Units
Lombard, Ellen C. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1942
Because of the individual authority of each State for its own educational program, practices and policies differ widely among them in many respects. Yet in the midst of differences there are also common elements of development. The U. S. Office of Education, in presenting this series of monographs, has attempted to point out those common elements,…
Descriptors: School Administration, Public Education, Parent Education, State Departments of Education
Sunyak, Paul; Kaufman, Marc – Principal, 1983
A dedicated principal and staff have created an award-winning arts and music program in a poor rural community--only to run up against the crippling reality of budget cuts. (JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Problems, Fine Arts
Abbruzzese, John A., Jr. – 1980
Although Pennsylvania has long made programming for all handicapped children mandatory, the passage of P.L. 94-142 has necessitated some changes even in this state. The major hurdle in the implementation of such a law is confusion and misinterpretation. Educators fear that the handicapped may be dumped into regular classes in an arbitrary manner.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Splitt, David A. – Executive Educator, 1983
Discusses recent court cases in the states of Washington and Pennsylvania that mandate equal pay for equal work for school personnel and offers suggestions to school administrators for dealing with requests for censorship in public schools. (JBM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Censorship, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Cote, Lawrence S. – 1984
The extent of agreement expressed by college presidents and governing board chairpersons concerning the relative importance of 20 selected presidential roles was assessed. The variables of institution size and type were also examined as they related to perceived presidential role importance. Based on role theory, attention was directed to whether…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, College Presidents
LaPorte, Diane Howard; LaPorte, Ronald E.
This research study was undertaken in order to understand the dynamics of curriculum revision. The study examines reasons for change, persons involved in revision, frequency of revision, ways of evaluating a revised curriculum, and consistency of revision processes across school districts. Information was obtained through surveys distributed to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Peer reviewedCote, Lawrence S. – Journal of Higher Education, 1985
The extent to which college presidents and governing board chairmen agree on the relative importance of 20 presidential roles was studied. Institutional size and type were examined, and the results indicated general consensus between the two groups. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, College Presidents
