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Kansas Association of School Boards, 2014
The locally-elected school board is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining, developing and operating local schools. School board members make important decisions with long-lasting implications for their community and its citizens. They establish a vision for the public education system in their community, are responsible for hiring and…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Board Candidates, Elections, Administrator Responsibility
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Harder, Joseph C. – Education and Urban Society, 1983
Asserts that (1) the federal role should be limited when educational needs are already addressed by states; (2) federal programs should coincide with states' educational priorities; (3) federal involvement is justified when responding to an overriding national interest; (4) federal aid policy should allow states to set priorities; and (5) within…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Cross, K. Patricia; Hilton, William J. – 1983
The Lifelong Learning Project was a 3-year effort launched in March 1980 to assist educational leaders in California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, New York, and Ohio in their planning and coordination of adult learning services. These six states undertook a variety of project activities aimed at establishing and maintaining a participatory planning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Educational Planning
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2008
This report presents the Kansas edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's 2008 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook." The 2008 "Yearbook" focuses on how state policies impact the retention of effective new teachers. This policy evaluation is broken down into three areas that encompass 15 goals. Broadly, these goals examine…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Competencies, State Government, Government Role
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2007
The "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" examines what is arguably the single most powerful authority over the teaching profession: state government. This Kansas edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ's) "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" is the first of what will be an annual look at the status of state policies…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, Yearbooks, State Standards
SCHULTZE, WILLIAM A. – 1967
PART OF A KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SERIES ON COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, THIS MONOGRAPH DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF POLITICS (HERE DEFINED AS THE MEANS BY WHICH CONFLICT AMONG DIVERSE GOALS AND METHODS ARE RESOLVED OR ACCOMMODATED IN SOCIETY) AND GOVERNMENT (ANY INSTITUTION THAT FORMALLY ENACTS AND ADMINISTERS THE RULES OF SOCIETY) IN COMMUNITY…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, City Government, Community Action, Community Planning
WEISENBURGER, RAY B. – 1967
PART OF A KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SERIES ON COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, THIS MONOGRAPH DISCUSSES THE STAGES IN THE PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPREHENSIVE URBAN SCHEMES. FIRST OF ALL, SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE, ECONOMIC, FEASIBILITY, POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SATISFACTION ARE VITAL TO SUCCESSFUL PLANNING. ORGANIZATION FOR…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Planning, Consultants, Data Collection