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Cain, Bonny – School Business Affairs, 2002
Tells efforts by Pearland Independent School District (Texas) school board and superintendent to adopt a standardized dress code, an effort that led to student and community opposition and controversy. Describes lessons learned. (PKP)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Conflict Resolution, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education
Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1984
A recent Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals decision stipulates that a school board may regulate "employe expression" only in rare circumstances--to prevent, for example, serious disruption of school activities--and only where the board has allowed for a timely review of the superintendent's decisions about distributing…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Censorship
Sharp, William L.; Malone, Bobby G.; Walter, James K. – 2003
This paper describes a study that explored superintendent and school-board evaluations. Specifically, it looked at some of the methods and uses of boards' evaluations of superintendents and some of the needs and methods of boards' evaluation of themselves. Data for the study were collected from 188 surveys of selected school superintendents in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy
Hughes, Kristine – Teacher Magazine, 2005
Now a growing number of Texas homeschoolers want to send their children off to class, if only a few hours a day. But as in other states, not all educators in the Lone Star State think students should be able to select just a course or two. A bill that would have encouraged schools to offer classes on an a la carte basis failed for the third time…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Board of Education Policy, Public Schools, Equal Education
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Williams, Joyce E.; Garza, Lisa – Urban Education, 2006
This research is a case study of change and racial/ethnic conflict in the Dallas, Texas, Independent School District (DISD). Data are drawn from observations of monthly meetings of the school board. The focus is on communication as cultural projection among African American and Mexican American delegations at meetings and on the reactions evoked…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conflict Resolution, Intercultural Communication, Meetings
Sparkman, William E.; And Others – 1994
This paper presents findings of a study that identified the levels of moral development and ethical reasoning processes of school board members and school district attorneys. The two groups were selected because of the quasi-judicial role that board members play and because of the increasing legalization of the schooling process. A survey of 155…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics
Littleton, D. Mark; Turner, A. Lynn – 1984
A questionnaire completed by 251 school board members from across Texas revealed wide disagreement over the role of the school superintendent. Respondents identified the sizes of their districts, their educational attainment levels, and their lengths of tenure, then indicated whether responsibility for each of 29 tasks in 4 broad areas should rest…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education
Reece, Will – VocEd, 1984
Explains how the Texas legislature, ignoring a special committee recommendation to eliminate vocational education, retained categorical funding, but changed funding formulas and made other reforms that will result in fewer vocational programs overall. (SK)
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Educational Change, Public Schools, Secondary Education
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Boyd, William L. – Journal of Higher Education, 1982
Zero-based budgeting was instituted in all Texas state-funded agencies in 1975-76, including colleges. The first two years of using this procedure are reviewed and its applicability to higher education institutions is examined in light of the need to consider educational quality as well as costs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Planning, Higher Education
Houston Community College System, Office of Institutional Research, 2011
The Houston Community College (HCC) 2010-2011 Fact Book provides statistical information about the college district. It is important for the reader to be aware that data presented in this publication may differ slightly from statistics found in other district reports. Such variances may result from differences methodology including the source of…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, School Districts, Community Colleges, Tables (Data)
Rios, Rolando L.; Alonzo, Gladys A. – 1981
The 361 Texas school districts with 20% and over Chicano student composition were examined to determine whether the school board's ethnic composition reflected the student body's ethnic composition. The ethnicity of the student body and ethnicity of the school board were compared to determine if Chicanos were equitably represented. School…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Ethnicity
Kudlaty, Frank – 1980
One of the conditions set forth in the hiring of the new superintendent of a southeast Texas school district was that a reduction in force would be accomplished. How this process, that usually involves six months planning time and and additional year to carry out, was accomplished in a period of six months is detailed in this speech. An analysis…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Class Size
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Lewin, Roger – Science, 1984
The Texas attorney general has said that this state's textbook antievolution rules violate the First Amendment. Responses and issues related to this statement are discussed. The history of these rules is also discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Creationism, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution
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Skrla, Linda; Scheurich, James Joseph; Johnson, Joseph F., Jr.; Koschoreck, James W. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2001
Presenting evidence of widespread racism in schools and its negative effect on children of color, authors argue for the use of state accountability systems to achieve educational equity and social justice for racial minorities. Results of Texas achievement test showing a narrowing of academic achievement gap between whites and minorities are cited…
Descriptors: Accountability, Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2006
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) State of American Business: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Says U.S. Could Face a "Severe Worker Shortage" Unless…
Descriptors: Public Education, Labor Supply, Demand Occupations, Human Capital
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