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Miesner, H. Rose; Packard, Chiara; Laemmli, Taylor; MacGregor, Lyn – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2020
Although policymakers generally appreciate the value of crafting policies that are responsive to teacher and principal voice, doing so in a systematic way is challenging. Educator voices in the room when policies are made are often those of teachers and principals closest to policymakers. In 2019, to broaden the range of educator voices available…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Poverty, Public Schools, Teacher Attitudes
Greene, Jay P.; Kisida, Brian; Butcher, Jonathan – Center for Civic Innovation, 2007
The names that school boards give to public schools can both reflect and shape civic values. It is increasingly rare for public schools to be named after presidents -- or people, in general -- and increasingly common to name schools after natural features. This shift from naming schools after people worthy of emulation to naming schools after…
Descriptors: Public Education, Public Schools, School Policy, Identification
Ward, E. J. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
This bulletin on the use of the schoolhouse as a polling place is divided into two sections. Part I, Use of Schoolhouse for Political Purposes, explains why this practice is beneficial to the schools (allows youth to witness and understand the civic process) and to the public (it is economical, worthy, appropriate, convenient, permanent,…
Descriptors: Educational History, School Buildings, Voting, School Role