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Lewis, Anne C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is not going away. In fact, it might not even undergo more than minor modifications before it comes up for reauthorization in a couple of years. The nomination of Margaret Spellings to replace Rod Paige as U.S. secretary of education foretells not only a single-minded focus on test-based accountability but also an…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, High Schools, State Departments of Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Goldberg, Mark F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
In 1973, the founding administrator of a Long Island high school proposed adoption of a student advisory system, team teaching in the humanities, and no academic department chairs. Convinced that having chairs diminished teachers' stature, this principal successfully encouraged teachers to work together to develop curriculum, prepare budgets, hire…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Department Heads, High Schools, Humanities
Black, John A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Examines the research methods used in creating the National Association of Secondary School Principals volume "Guidelines for Improving SAT Scores." (IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Aptitude Tests, Department Heads, Educational Research
Wineburg, Sam; Grossman, Pat – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Debunks notion that someone can teach for nine months and then start learning in a two-week summer institute. Describes a Seattle project that is demolishing teaching/learning barriers by allowing English and history teachers to meet monthly for an entire day to read and discuss literary and historical works and plan an interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Departments, High Schools, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Approach
