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Pijanowski, John C.; Brady, Kevin P. – Education and Urban Society, 2009
This article examines the salary trajectory of teachers as they move up the career ladder into leadership positions. The issue of compensation is set in the context of a principal shortage that has been widely reported and discussed in the literature. Urban schools are shown to experience the principal shortage differently from rural schools.…
Descriptors: Salaries, Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Occupational Mobility
Reeves, Kimberly – School Administrator, 2004
In this article, the author describes how Superintendent Jimmy Cunningham recognized the moment he parted ways with his urban colleagues on just how school funding should be meted out in Arkansas. The Arkansas Supreme Court had declared the state's school funding system unconstitutional so the Arkansas Association of School Administrators had…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Administrator Role
DeDeo, Carrie-Anne, Ed. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2007
This double issue of "The Evaluation Exchange" focuses on one of the central components of complementary learning: family involvement. As outlined in the Theory & Practice article, investments in family involvement are important across ages and settings and through the co-constructed efforts and shared responsibilities of many…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Parent School Relationship, Transitional Programs, Kindergarten
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1990
Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 is the largest federally-funded program designed to provide services to educationally deprived elementary school and secondary school students who live in areas with a concentration of children from low income families. Annual needs assessment and evaluation are requirements of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Delinquency