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Retool State-to-District Intervention for Better Outcomes
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Slotnik, William J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
The national track record for state-to-district assistance is not stellar. It is tactics in the absence of strategy and activities in the absence of accomplishment. The problem is systemic: State departments need to transform their organizational structures to facilitate rather than hinder effective assistance strategies. The starting place is…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, School Districts, Intervention, Capacity Building
A Partnership Raises Healthier Children
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Maloney, Rick; Banks, Patti; Eyres, Andrew – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
A school district in western Washington commits to developing physically fit and healthy students, not only as a means of enhancing learning but as a whole child goal in its own right. This is a report on how it does so in partnership with its community, believing that it is only through such a partnership that it can reach its goals. The central…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Health Education, Obesity, Accountability
Improving Education's Productivity: Reexamining the System To Get the Schools We Need.
Ball, G. Carl; Goldman, Steven – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Because they fail to set consistent goals or direct funds toward solving systemic problems, U.S. schools are not structured productively. A productive educational system would focus all its energies on a limited number of clearly defined, stable goals and align its functions to achieve them. Productive school leaders would establish standards,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Goal Orientation
How Charter Schools Are Different: Lessons and Implications from a National Study.
Manno, Bruno V.; Finn, Chester E., Jr.; Bierlin, Louann A.; Vanourek, Gregg – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Provides background information on the Hudson Institute's "Charter Schools in Action" project that studied 50 charter schools in 10 states. Examines innovative ways charter schools organize and support themselves, and presents five lessons from the charter-school movement. Public schools would benefit by becoming more consumer-oriented,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
The Six National Goals: A Road to Disappointment.
Kamii, Constance; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
Because they are not guided by an overall goal based on scientific theory, the six national education goals are fragmentary, contradictory, and insufficiently concerned about developing student autonomy--education's true aim. Teachers can help children develop autonomy by encouraging them to make decisions and enforce their own rules, fostering…
Descriptors: Accountability, Developmental Tasks, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Developing Principals as Instructional Leaders.
Fink, Elaine; Resnick, Lauren B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Over an 11-year period, Community School District in New York City amassed a strong record of successful school improvement in a diverse urban setting. Nesting learning communities and cognitive apprenticeships are keys to success. Principals are responsible for establishing a pervasive culture of learning and teaching in each school. (MLH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Apprenticeships, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education