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Ballwahn, Larry – School Administrator, 2003
Retired superintendent describes his teaching experiences at the Juneau (Alaska) County Charter School, an alternative secondary school program for at-risk students. (PKP)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Superintendents
Chion-Kenney, Linda – School Administrator, 1994
Opponents depict outcome-based education as an unproven one-size-fits-all experiment. Uncompromising attacks, principally from conservative Christian groups and tradition-minded parents and educators, are obstructing meaningful reform and costing some superintendents their jobs. Sidebars show how certain districts responded to the backlash, decode…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Conservatism