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Download full textNational Council on Teacher Quality, 2010
The 2009 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" provided a comprehensive review of states' policies that impact the teaching profession. As a companion to last year's comprehensive state-by-state analysis, the 2010 edition provides each state with an individualized "Blueprint for Change," building off last year's "Yearbook"…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy, Teacher Evaluation
Quint, Janet C.; Akey, Theresa M.; Rappaport, Shelley; Willner, Cynthia J. – MDRC, 2007
The Instructional Leadership Study provides suggestive evidence that providing instruction-related professional development to school principals can improve teaching and learning in their schools. The study examines a theory of school change articulated by the Institute for Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. The IFL provides technical…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Strategic Planning, Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary Schools
Grezlak, John H., Ed. – 1984
Two conferences were organized by the Education Committee of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Section of the American Chemical Society (SEPACS) with the assistance of Shippensburg University (SU) to examine the nature and depth of the growing trend of scientific and technological illiteracy in southeastern Pennsylvania and to propose and effect…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Conferences, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedFirestone, William A.; And Others – Teachers College Record, 1992
A discussion of recent trends in state educational reform stresses the importance of addressing two challenges: teaching all students higher order thinking and developing more systematic, coherent policies. The article describes the challenges, examines how state policies in the 1980s addressed them and how districts responded, and suggests future…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Blust, Ross S. – 1986
Beginning in 1983, three educational reforms were undertaken in Pennsylvania to revise high school graduation requirements, test for remedial needs, and set higher standards for teachers and administrators. Revision of graduation requirements involved state and local education officials, professional organizations, and the state legislature. New…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Administrator Evaluation, Agency Cooperation, Compensatory Education
