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Download full textLazarin, Melissa – Center for American Progress, 2011
Only a quarter of the class of 2008 graduated from Alain Locke Senior High School in Los Angeles after four years. This was unsurprising since nearly 60 percent of the class had left Locke by the end of their sophomore year. A majority of Locke teachers--frustrated with the school's mediocrity--petitioned to allow charter management organization…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Graduation Rate, Educational Change
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Direct linkRubenstein, Ross; Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Stiefel, Leanna; Zabel, Jeffrey – Education Finance and Policy, 2009
Reorganizing primary school grade spans is a tractable and relatively inexpensive school reform. However, assessing the effects of reorganization requires also examining other organizational changes that may accompany grade span reforms. Using data on New York City public schools from 1996 to 2002 and exploiting within-school variations, we…
Descriptors: Class Size, School Size, School Districts, Academic Achievement
Gewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2004
This article deals with school districts' K-8 configurations. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Milwaukee, New York, and Philadelphia are among the districts making the change, driven by a small body of research and a rising pile of anecdotes suggesting that K-8 configurations help academic performance, decrease discipline problems, enhance parent…
Descriptors: School Districts, Parent Participation, Educational Planning, Academic Achievement
Wiles, David K. – 1991
The effects of state educational consolidation policies and decentralizing curriculum reform initiatives on small school districts in New York are examined in this paper, with a focus on identifying patterns of environmental "embeddedness" that may include or exclude small districts from state equalization aid. Methodology involved…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Fiscal Capacity
STEINHOFF, CARL R. – 1965
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DESCRIBE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT OF AN URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM USING THE MURRAY NEEDS-PRESS MODEL. A BROAD MEASURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESS WAS ADAPTED FROM AN EXISTING MODEL AND USED TO--(1) DESCRIBE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESS PERCEIVED BY TEACHERS, (2) FACTOR ANALYZE THESE DATA, (3) DESCRIBE THE PERSONALITY (NEEDS)…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Environment
New York State Charter Revision Commission for New York City. – 1974
In 1969, after much controversy and the submission of many bills, the New York State Legislature passed--and the Governor signed--a school decentralization law. The law went into effect on February 16, 1970, with the major transfers of power operative on July 1, 1970. This report examines those aspects of the three-year school decentralization…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Community Services, Decentralization
Swanson, Austin D.; And Others – 1978
This study is a component of the New York State School Finance Law Study Project conducted by the New York State Education Department (SED). The tasks addressed are in the areas of district reorganization, supplying regional educational services, and the impact of existing Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) aid on local districts.…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Correlation, Decision Making, Delivery Systems
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1968
THIS POSITION PAPER REAFFIRMS THE DETERMINATION OF THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO ELIMINATE RACIAL SEGREGATION IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE. TOWARD THIS OBJECTIVE, A SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE OFFERED FOR USE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL POLICIES AND PLANS. THIRTEEN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ATTAINING INTEGRATED EDUCATION…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Desegregation Methods, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Fusco, Gene C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Recent years have brought an upsurge of interest and concern among school administrators and others regarding the administrative and specialized services that are necessary for providing sound educational programs and maintaining school system efficiency. In response to that growing interest and concern, the Office of Education and the American…
Descriptors: Educational History, Pupil Personnel Services, Program Descriptions, Program Administration
