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DeBaun, Bill; Ross, Kelly Mae – National College Attainment Network, 2020
The real data on students' postsecondary outcomes are affordable, accessible, and unfortunately underutilized. If harnessed for advising high school students before graduation, these data could significantly change the approach to preparing students for college and career success across the country. How can we get more leaders and stakeholders to…
Descriptors: School Districts, Outcomes of Education, Data Use, Data Collection
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2018
Since the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) launched the Collaborating States Initiative (CSI) to support social and emotional learning (SEL) in 2016, participation has grown dramatically. CASEL initially planned to work with five states. In the past two years, the CSI team and its partners have worked with 25,…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, State Programs, Equal Education
Reform Support Network, 2014
State education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) made clear in a recent Reform Support Network (RSN) survey and follow-up interviews that staff must have the capacity to successfully engage stakeholders through social media. This is not a new challenge for government; staff capacity -- the number of staff and their access to…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, School Districts, Educational Innovation, Capacity Building
McMilin, Edward – National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2010
According to an American Association of School Administrators survey, 6 percent of school districts closed or consolidated schools during the 2008-2009 school year, double the rate of the previous year. Another 11 percent are considering school closings or consolidations in 2010-2011. In the 1980's, declining enrollments were the main reason for…
Descriptors: School Closing, School Buildings, School Districts, Decision Making
Steiner, Lucy – National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, 2009
The National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality asked Public Impact to conduct a study exploring the change processes in the creation and implementation of teacher evaluation systems. This TQ Research & Policy Brief provides an overview of Public Impact's preliminary findings as they relate to the impetus for change and the political and…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Accountability, Educational Change
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Kracke, Nancy – Journal of School Public Relations, 2009
It is tempting to assume that we know what our parents, our community, and our employees want from our schools. It is comforting to think that we know what they support. It is also dangerous. This article encourages school systems to let go of assumptions and to start asking the important questions that will lead school boards and administrators…
Descriptors: Central Office Administrators, School Districts, Information Sources, Stakeholders