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Direct linkStufft, Derry L.; Brogadir, Rebecca – Education and Urban Society, 2011
As the U.S. population grows more varied, public schools are faced with the challenge of meeting the needs of an increasing population of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Schools in the United States are often the first point of contact for new immigrant students as they work to facilitate their integration and socialization into…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Parent Participation, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
Download full textIngwalson, Gail; Thompson, James, Jr. – Middle School Journal (J1), 2007
This comparative study explores the experience of two first-year teachers in starkly different school systems, one in a small city on the northern plains and the other in a Midwest urban community. Using this comparative method, the authors looked at the similarities and differences of two different educational settings to collect data regarding…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7, Middle School Teachers
Council of the Great City Schools, 2006
Urban school superintendents hold one of the most important and challenging jobs in America's education system. The Council of the Great City Schools (GCS) represents the majority of large urban school districts in the country. Though there are approximately 17 thousand school districts in the country, the Council's 65 districts serve…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Academic Achievement, Superintendents, Administrator Role
Sullivan, Margaret D.; Campbell, Dean B.; Kisida, Brian – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2008
As of the 2006-2007 school year, 19,733 students attended charter schools in the District of Columbia, representing over a quarter of the District's total public school student population and one of the largest charter school markets in the country. It is under such circumstances, some suggest, that choice will spur competition, ultimately…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, Focus Groups, Competition
Koble, Daniel E., Jr., Comp.; Newton, Mark, Comp. – 1976
This compilation from a seminar to provide inservice education for large city directors of vocational education across the Nation contains the 21 position papers, working synthesis reports, and position statements presented in the following topic areas: (1) Vocational Education in the Large Cities: The Context; (2) The Role of the City Director in…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Curriculum Development
Goldring, Ellen; Crowson, Robert; Laird, David; Berk, Robert – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2003
While transformational leadership has received much attention in recent years, the purpose of this article is to explicate the concept of transition leadership and its centrality to understanding policy implementation and school change through a case study of one district and its school principals, transitioning from court-ordered desegregation to…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Principals, Leadership Responsibility, Administrator Role
