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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1980
The 11 items in this annotated bibliography on school-based management provide information on the pros and cons of the decentralization of budgeting, the administrative role, site management, and decision-making. Also discussed are the autonomy of schools, principals as educators with managerial skills, and education vouchers. The publications…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Budgeting, Community Involvement
Bateman, David; Bateman, C. Fred – 2002
This brief paper on the inclusion of students with disabilities summarizes the history, terms, and legal requirements. The relevant section of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is cited followed by a brief review of the mainstreaming movement of the 1970s and the regular education initiative in the mid-1980s. Regulations governing…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Decision Making
Schlene, Vickie J. – Moral Education Forum, 1992
Presents a sampling of the citations in the ERIC database dealing with democratic participation. Includes works on citizenship, teaching about democracy, citizens' roles, civic education in the schools, sources for materials, and the proper role of schools in preparing students for active citizenship. (DK)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics
Peer reviewedRothenberg, Dianne – Middle School Journal, 1995
Presents an annotated bibliography of ERIC documents and journals discussing issues related to implementing total quality management (TQM) principles in middle level education. Topics include guidelines for implementation, profiles of schools demonstrating TQM principles, and efforts in other fields. Journal article topics include TQM in school…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Practices
Curry, Barbara K. – 1992
This digest summarizes a longer document with the same title concerning the introduction of enduring innovations into a higher education organization. Organizational change involves three steps: (1) mobilization, (2) implementation, and (3) institutionalization. Without institutionalization, the innovation is likely to be terminated no matter how…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, College Planning, Collegiality
ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
Quality Circles (QC's) consist of small groups of people who perform the same work and who voluntarily meet on a regular basis to discuss problems, seek solutions, and cooperate with management in the implementation of those solutions. QC's operate on the premise that employee participation in decision making and problem solving improves the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Employer Employee Relationship, Management Teams
Thompson, Bruce – 1994
Too few researchers understand what statistical significance testing does and does not do, and consequently their results are misinterpreted. This Digest explains the concept of statistical significance testing and discusses the meaning of probabilities, the concept of statistical significance, arguments against significance testing,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Effect Size
Abdal-Haqq, Ismat – 1989
Recent educational reform efforts have sought to restructure schools, changing the character of school culture and creating a need for a nontraditional approach to inservice teacher education. Inservice projects have been implemented which attempt to prepare practicing teachers for restructured schools and as participants in the restructuring…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Collegiality, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Harmon, Lenore W., Ed.; And Others – 1983
This compilation of three papers investigates theoretical and practical facets of career development, focusing on cognitive theory and decision-making theory and their roles in the formation of computerized career development systems. In the first paper ("Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and Its Application to Career Development"), Gerald…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
Johnson, Betty M.; George, Shirley A. – Administrator's Update, 1987
Characteristics in the college academic setting and the external environment that affect the decision-making structure and that the dean should consider before reorganization are examined. Concepts and theories about governance, decision-making, organizational structure, and characteristics of effective decision makers are also briefly reviewed. A…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Responsibility, College Administration, Deans
Hoge, John D. – 1988
This ERIC digest discusses civic education in U.S. schools in terms of: (1) its meaning; (2) its place in the curriculum; (3) its effects on learners; and (4) suggested methods of improving it. Civic education involves the development of skills in making decisions about public issues and participating in public affairs and encompasses the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics
Lindelow, John; Bentley, Scott – 1989
Chapter 6 of a revised volume on school leadership, this chapter defines and explains management teams and describes several successful examples of team management. Superintendents have come to rely on their management team's expertise to resolve increasingly complex policy, administrative, and instructional issues. Although team management has…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Boards of Education, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Weber, James R. – OSSC Bulletin, 1987
Instructional leadership is long-term dedication to instructional excellence that includes both instructional and school management issues. Recent research suggests that effective principals can make a significant difference in their schools' instructional programs through a combination of personal traits, particularly a strong belief in their…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Daniel, Evelyn H. – 1981
This paper presents an overview of the emerging information resources management (IRM) concept and suggests reasons why IRM would be a useful framework for educational institutions. An introductory look at current information problems precedes a review of definitions of information and IRM in the literature, and a definition of IRM as used in this…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Annotated Bibliographies, Business Administration, Computers
Schwartz, Wendy – 2002
The 2002 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act mandates that schools receiving federal funding must desegregate their student performance data by race, gender, and socioeconomic status in order to provide progress information to the community and state. Data-driven decision making is particularly important in urban schools…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Equity (Finance)
