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Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1997
Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction, in collaboration with Wisconsin citizens, developed academic standards in 12 curricular areas. The physical education standards go beyond emphasizing mastery of individual student areas--they weave five essential characteristics of literate individuals throughout: application of the basics, ability to…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comprehensive School Health Education, Critical Thinking, Educational Quality
Shanks, Joyce; And Others – 1995
This paper examines how the Melrose-Mindoro School District, a rural school district in Wisconsin, implemented curriculum reform. Current national reform agendas focus on the organization of student learning experiences, the roles teachers assume in schools, and the organization and management of schools. Equally important in implementing change…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Change Strategies, Collegiality, Curriculum Development
LIPHAM, JAMES M.; AND OTHERS – 1967
WITHIN 12 WISCONSIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE FOLLOWING GROUPS PROVIDED DATA IN AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD ROLE--(1) 1,794 CITIZENS, (2) ALL MAYORS, CITY MANAGERS OR VILLAGE PRESIDENTS, CITY OR VILLAGE COUNCILMEN, AND TOWNSHIP CHAIRMEN WITHIN EACH DISTRICT, (3) 20 RANDOMLY SELECTED TEACHERS FROM EACH DISTRICT, AND (4)…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Demography, Educational Programs, Federal Aid
Mason, Thomas R. – 1981
A 1979 study conducted by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to develop a plan for assessing and increasing faculty productivity is described. The central issue was the demand for individual faculty, departmental, and institutional autonomy versus demand by the political system for evidence that the faculty it funds produces adequate…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Budgeting, College Faculty
Governor's Commission on Education, Madison, WI. – 1970
This document reports the commission's indepth study of the State's financial and administrative relationships with education at all levels. The report consolidates the viewpoints and recommendations of 600 Wisconsin citizens. Their perspectives and proposals recommend an educational system to provide necessary educational opportunities and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Educational Planning
Wood, Clifford, Ed.; And Others – 1971
This supplement is intended to present the idea behind and the characteristics of the Open School in greater detail than in the preliminary report. The Open School was conceived to meet several important needs in Wisconsin education: (1) to enable more people of all ages to enroll in formal and informal programs of education on a continuing basis;…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Adult Education, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation
Academic Collective Bargaining Information Service, Washington, DC. – 1977
As faculty and other public sector unions become more sophisticated in collective bargaining, they tend to lay a greater variety of demands on the table. This, in turn, forces the employer to ask, Do I really have to bargain about these subjects? As more employers refuse to bargain, more unions charge them with failing to bargain in good faith,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Employment Practices
Nava, Hector; And Others – 1984
Results of a national study of the use of funds provided by the 1974 amendments to Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act by the state education agencies (SEAs) are presented. The study was undertaken to (1) describe and analyze SEA policies and activities regarding bilingual education, (2) describe and analyze the SEA-level…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Bilingual Education, Budgeting, Case Studies
Leslie, Larry L., Ed.; Hyatt, James, Ed. – 1981
Thirty papers from a 1980 University of Arizona conference on higher education financing policies and the state government-college relationship are presented. Papers and authors include the following: "Higher Education Financing Policies: A Context" (Ernest Boyer); "The State Board Perspective" (William Arceneaux); "The…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Community Colleges, Compensation (Remuneration), Declining Enrollment
Fonstad, Clifton G. – 1976
The purpose of this handbook is to provide suggested guidelines and pertinent information that will be helpful to Wisconsin Agency School Committees in assessing the effectiveness of present school districts, developing effective long-range plans for district organization, and evaluating educational planning in school districts. This volume, in…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Census Figures, Committees, Educational Finance
Lohr, Neah J. – 1996
This document combines a review of Wisconsin technology initiatives and related research with outlines of components needed for a comprehensive educational technology system to serve all Wisconsin citizens. The long-range statewide plan is intended to enhance elementary and secondary academic achievement through proper use of state-of-the-art…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Computer Networks, Educational Finance
Evans, Francis B.; Harmon, Judson A. – 1978
Produced as part of the Statewide Assessment of Educational Needs (SWAN) intended to study statewide educational needs as they relate to the mission of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), this technical report presents the methods and findings of the administrator survey. The administrator survey was done to examine the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Boards of Education, Educational Research
Franken, Marion E.; Earnhart, Joan – 1976
This comparative study was conducted for the Wisconsin Advisory Council on Vocational Education in an effort to identify strengths and weaknesses of program delivery and accomplishments of several States--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio--with a view towards making recommendations that would improve Wisconsin's total program…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Educational Administration
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