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Henderson, David L.; And Others – 1983
A study summarized the voting patterns to form a political profile of Texas teachers. A questionnaire was sent to 500 teachers who were members of the Texas State Teachers Association in 1983. General information was collected on nineteen characteristics of teachers, including such categories as sex, marital status, place of birth, place of…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Issues, Political Issues

Griffin, Richard A. – Catalyst for Change, 1980
Presents the results of a survey of over 600 Texas superintendents concerning their perceptions of the power structures in their communities. (JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Boards of Education, Community Characteristics, Community Leaders

Haney, Walt – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2001
Cites evidence that questions the conclusion in Skrla and others article that Texas test-based accountability system has improved educational equity and social justice for racial minority students. (PKP)
Descriptors: Accountability, Board of Education Policy, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education

Skrla, Linda; Scheurich, James Joseph; Johnson, Joseph F., Jr.; Koschoreck, James W. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2001
Skrla and others rejoinder to Klien and Haney wherein they agree in part and disagree in part with points raised in both commentary responses. Reiterate their support for potential of test-based accountability systems to improve educational equity and social justice for racial minority students. (PKP)
Descriptors: Accountability, Board of Education Policy, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education
Truslow, Kimberly O.; Coleman, J. Craig – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2005
Several theorists have tried to explain the concern of short superintendency tenure. The interests of the researchers involved studying conflict management in relationship to superintendent turnover and congruency with the school board. One research study included all public school superintendents in the United States. Quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Self Efficacy, Conflict, Leadership Effectiveness
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
To improve the education available to low achieving students, the Texas State Board of Education has developed new policies regarding accreditation, state regulation, and the provision of technical assistance to schools. The accreditation policy shifts state review away from districts in general and to specific schools identified as insufficiently…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Special Education. – 1983
The handbook outlines Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) rules regarding the education of handicapped students. A chart format is used to present applicable Federal regulations, state law, and SBOE rules. The following topics are among those considered under clarifications of definitions in federal regulations and state law: handicapped…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education

Integrated Education, 1973
Contains extracts from a school segregation case involving whether Mexican-Americans constitute an identifiable ethnic group in desegregation proceedings, which question was decided in the affirmative. (DM)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Court Litigation, Ethnic Groups, Mexican Americans
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
The current status of the curriculum in Texas public schools and the implications for future curriculum changes are examined in this report mandated by state House Bill 246. The report provides a 5-year overview for both general and vocational education from December 1986 through December 1990. Following an executive summary, the introduction…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Compliance (Legal), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Lutz, Frank W.; Wang, Lee-Yen – 1988
Data on 70 independent school districts within the East Texas School Study Council were studied to develop a model, based on dissatisfaction theory, that would predict a target election of a school board member. It was hypothesized that: (1) standard variables from the dissatisfaction theory would account for a significant amount of the variance…
Descriptors: Board Candidates, Boards of Education, Elections, Elementary Secondary Education
Kampert, George J. – 1981
The guide to the Special Education Resource System (SERS) of the Flour Bluff (Texas) school system contains policies and procedures regarding organization, services, and process of the system. Noted is the SERS purpose of providing information and access to appropriate instructional media and materials for special education personnel. Briefly…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Disabilities, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1980
The theme of the meeting for which these profiles were prepared is "Coordinating Higher Education: Setting State Policies in the 80s." The profiles of the 14 states covered by the Southern Regional Education Board (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Budgeting, Governance, Governing Boards
Fusarelli, Lance D. – 2000
This paper examines how the Texas charter-school law is being implemented, with particular attention paid to issues of equity and social justice. It focuses on the demographic composition of students and staff in Texas' charter schools, provisions for oversight and accountability, early indices of student performance, ongoing controversies,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Charter Schools, Demography
Essex, Nathan L. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
In this article, the author focuses on the issue involving zero tolerance in the Texas district whether the dress code policy is reasonable. In a small Texas school district, over 700 students were suspended in a single month for violating a zero-tolerance dress code policy. This suspension, which attracted national attention and threats of…
Descriptors: Zero Tolerance Policy, School Districts, Dress Codes, Student Rights
Veselka, Marvin – 1986
As the result of educational reform legislation passed in Texas in 1984, a recertification examination was instituted for practicing elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators. The deadline for successful completion of the test by educators was June 30, 1986. The emphasis was on measuring reading and writing abilities, and an…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests