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Cavanna, Anthony; Olchefske, Joseph; Fleischman, Steve – Educational Leadership, 2006
Despite some encouraging signs that education reform efforts are raising achievement in one school here and another there, such piecemeal approaches have not yet yielded positive systemic results. To achieve districtwide improvement, a growing number of school systems are adopting a "portfolio approach" to district governance by replacing the…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Effectiveness, Educational Administration, Accountability
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Calhoun, Thomas – Educational Leadership, 1975
Only a cooperative approach to teacher growth can effectively satisfy the compelling need to retrain and upgrade existing personnel. (Author)
Descriptors: Accountability, Consortia, Coordination, Educational Cooperation
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Meier, Deborah W. – Educational Leadership, 1996
Small schools (300 to 400 students) offer a real panacea for America's educational ills. New York City's celebrated Central Park East schools lack separate buildings, but have the climate and culture for developing democratic habits of heart and mind. Smallness can facilitate governance, respect, simplicity, safety, parent involvement,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance