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Download full textHess, Frederick M.; Palmieri, Stafford; Scull, Janie – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2010
This study evaluates how welcoming thirty American cities--the twenty-five largest and five smaller "hotspots"--are to "nontraditional" problem-solvers and solutions. It assumes that the balky bureaucracies meant to improve K-12 education and hold leaders accountable are so calcified by policies, programs, contracts, and…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Urban Education, Public Education, Educational Change
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Direct linkSaatcioglu, Argun; Moore, Suzanne; Sargut, Gokce; Bajaj, Aarti – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2011
Social capital refers to the nature of ties within a social unit, as well as the unit's external relationships. We draw from organizational sociology and political science, and also build upon existing insights in school board research, to offer an approach that address the effects of "bonding" (internal ties) and "bridging"…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Social Capital, Governance, Board of Education Role
George, Carole A. – 1993
Now that the State Board of Education has adopted new regulations requiring all Pennsylvania school districts to develop a strategic plan, it seems useful to describe the role of demographic information in that planning process. This Pennsylvania Educational Policy Studies (PEPS) report provides a rationale for considering information regarding…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Computer Software, Demography, Educational Environment
Abel, J. F. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
The rural school project of the continental United States consists in educating over 18 million young people between the ages of 5 and 20 who live in small towns and villages, or in the open country. The 300,000 or more schools classified as rural enrolled nearly 12.5 million pupils in 1920, employed 425,00 teachers, supervisors, and principals,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Resource Allocation, Rural Schools, School Size
