Equality and equity are often mischaracterized as interchangeable terms in public education. This may explain why efforts towards reform and restructure are often not met with any real measure of success. "Equity, Equality, and Reform in Contemporary Public Education" provides emerging research on the reformation of education curriculum…

This paper offers an instrument for using structured observation to study the managerial behavior of high school principals. The instrument organizes observations into several strands, which can be used to "shadow" a principal. The strands are: (A) basic administrative functions; (B) office-related tasks; (C) managing by walking about; (D)…

The purpose of this data guide is to provide users of the National Household Education Survey (NHES) data with suggested techniques for working with the data files. Special attention is paid to topics that will help users avoid the most commonly made mistakes in working with NHES data. The NHES is a data collection system developed by the National…