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Furtwengler, Willis J. – 1986
The educational change strategy termed "reaching success through involvement" (RSI) has yielded promising results in creating school effectiveness. This paper analyzes the theoretical bases and practical applications of RSI strategy among 14 schools over an 8-year period. RSI theory assumes that educational organizations are dynamic social systems…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Download full textGrant, W. Vance – 1985
This paper presents a list of key items in the field of elementary and secondary education, statistics for which are frequently requested. Each item is followed by the date of the latest published or available National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) statistics. With the exception of Census data, all of these data should be collected by the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Dropout Characteristics, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Terrell, Charles S., Jr. – 1988
This paper charts a proposed 15-point plan to move from the present California public school system, devised over 50 years ago, to a system flexible enough to go into the next century. The plan is proposed by Charles S. Terrell, Jr., Ed.D., San Bernardino County superintendent of schools. The 15 points address changes in these areas: (1) class…
Descriptors: Class Size, Consolidated Schools, Decision Making, Educational Facilities
Ainley, John; And Others – 1982
This summary provides an overview of three reports comprising a study of resource allocation policies through various organizational structures at both the education system and school levels. An introduction briefly reviews related research and outlines the overall structure of the study, citing some issues of special concern: the balance between…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Class Size, Curriculum, Educational Administration
Bibliotheque Centrales Pedagogique, Bucharest (Rumania). – 1988
Written in French, this volume offers foreign scholars a comprehensive view of ideas and events that influenced Rumanian schools and pedagogy in 1983 and 1984. The first part of the work consists of selected quotations from the writings of the distinguished Rumanian educator Onisifor Ghibu (1883-1972). Part 2, entitled "Rumanian Trends in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Conferences, Developmental Psychology, Educational History
Horwood, Bert – 1987
Based on interviews with students and staff and several months of observing life and work in the school, this report examines Colorado's Mountain Open High School, where the program is based on the notion that secondary education should be the rite of passage from adolescence to mature adulthood. Chapter One introduces the people and facilities of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Development, Educational Environment, Experiential Learning
Smith, Frank L.; And Others – 1985
This report contends that current university-based research and development activities investigating successful secondary schools provide an exceptional mechanism for coordinating all three aspects of assessing successful schools: legal compliance, student performance, and quality of school life. A typology of schools is proposed to account for…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Curriculum, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment
James, Michael A.; Boyles, Lyle E. – 1985
To improve the existing junior high school's academic and activities programs as well as the school environment, a school superintendent and a middle school consultant teamed with others to effect the transition of a 7-9 grade junior high school plan to a 6-8 grade middle school plan in Augusta, Kansas. The overall plan was basically simple and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College School Cooperation, Community Support, Consultants
Zemsky, Robert – 1981
Issues pertaining to educational finance in colleges and universities are considered. It is suggested that solving problems of organization will lead to shifts in management style, which in turn may affect flows of funds to disciplines. The outcome may be a change in academic scope and either limiting or expanding institutional opportunities. The…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Planning
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., New York, NY. – 1982
Future changes that may affect higher education and management approaches that should be used by governing boards and administrators are discussed. Population trends that will affect academic and support programs are noted, and it is suggested that a declining demand from traditional students may cause institutions to specialize in selected…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrators, Change Strategies, College Administration
Peer reviewedSchafer, Duane F. – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2005
This review examines several topics that inform many struggles currently experienced in the relationship between a canonical pastor and the principal of the parochial elementary school. Drawing on current research, this review examines various leadership theories, including the popular servant leadership model, and proceeds to a discussion of role…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Catholic Schools, Governance, Principals
Matuszek, Paula A.; And Others – 1976
This evaluation of the quarter system in Austin, Texas, public schools was designed to assess the impact of changes of calendar, curriculum, and other aspects of high school education. The initial first-year evaluation was intended to gather data that could serve as a baseline for examining the long-term effects of these changes. Data were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum, Educational Counseling, Graduation Requirements
Hopkins, Charles E.; Sullivan, Margaret M. – 1981
An approach to assess organizational change within the university is considered. The research approach was designed to use the strength of the university to examine and document an organizational change that evolved over time and resulted in unplanned outcomes is described. Important decisions that influenced the design of the survey instrument…
Descriptors: College Role, Decision Making, Economic Factors, Evaluation Methods
Ashton, Patricia; And Others – 1981
The attitudes of middle and junior high school teachers toward their job and school climate are compared in this study. Twenty-nine teachers from a school having a modern middle school orientation (multi-age grouping, exploratory curriculum, and an interdisciplinary team organization) were compared with twenty teachers from a departmentally…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Institutional Characteristics
Levinson-Rose, Judith; Menges, Robert J. – 1982
A framework for articulating postsecondary instructional programs is described. The framework identifies two important sources of influence on programs: the type of institution within which the program operates and the program objectives. These factors influence both program components and how these components are linked and processes that are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Instruction, College Programs
