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Murphy, Jerome T., Ed. – 1980
This document presents edited interviews with four former superintendents of instruction--Ewald Nyquist of New York, Jack Nix of Georgia, Dolores Colburg of Montana, and John Pittenger of Pennsylvania. Although the states in which these persons held their positions are quite different, there are a number of commonalities in the problems they…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Government School Relationship
Hassel, Bryan C. – 1999
This book examines charter-school legislation in the United States, as well as charter-school operations in Colorado, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Georgia. It reviews the legislative process in these four states, focusing on the compromises forged as lawmakers worked for adoption. It describes whether the states' resulting programs provide…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
