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Mart, Daniel T. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to understand district-level leadership's perceived influences on and barriers to improved student achievement. The following research questions were addressed: (a) How do superintendents view their influence on student achievement? (b) How do school board presidents view their influence on student achievement? (c)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Boards of Education, Superintendents, Leadership
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Campbell, Christine; DeArmond, Michael – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2011
This case covers the period 1993 to 2003. It tells the story of the challenges the Fort Worth Independent School District board faced when the state accountability system revealed extremely poor student achievement and a stark achievement gap. To address the problem, the board hired a dynamic superintendent, Dr. Tom Tocco, who initiated aggressive…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Districts, Boards of Education, Superintendents
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Manning, Tom – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2011
This case describes the experience of a new school board member in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Marta Perez, as she discovers a wide range of ethical and management problems in the school district and attempts to deal with them. Layered throughout the case are challenges pertaining to the school board's roles and responsibilities,…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Counties, Boards of Education, Ethics
Brown, Catherine; Boser, Ulrich; Baffour, Perpetual – Center for American Progress, 2016
The world has evolved dramatically since the public school schedule first took root. When the school day first evolved, millions of children--many as young as 10 years old--worked, and most mothers stayed at home. Today, child labor for the most part is outlawed, and 75 percent of women with school-age children work. But in many ways, schools have…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Employed Parents, School Role, School Districts
Wylie, Cathy; Bonne, Linda – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2016
This report presents the main findings from New Zealand Council for Educational Research's (NZCER's) latest survey of secondary schools, conducted in July and August 2015. These surveys have been done every 3 years since 2003. They provide a comprehensive national picture of what is happening in New Zealand secondary schools, how things have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, National Surveys, School Surveys
Rudnick, Mollie – RAND Corporation, 2016
This dissertation looks at the teacher hiring practices in Huntsville City Schools (HCS), Alabama. The research uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to answer the following questions: 1) What are Huntsville City Schools' (HCSs') current hiring practices?; 2) How well does Huntsville City Schools' existing interview process…
Descriptors: School Districts, Personnel Selection, Interviews, Teacher Effectiveness
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2016
The State University System of Florida has developed three tools that aid in guiding the System's future: (1) The Board of Governors' 2025 System Strategic Plan is driven by goals and associated metrics that stake out where the System is headed; (2) The Board's Annual Accountability Report provides yearly tracking for how the System is progressing…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, College Planning, Systems Approach, Statewide Planning
Hammer, Patricia Cahape – West Virginia Department of Education Office of Research, Accountability, and Data Governance, 2016
"Catalyst schools" were 28 elementary and secondary schools selected to participate in a pilot project begun in July 2014, which explored how best to support teacher professional learning through decentralization of decision making and implementation of the Learning School approach. The pilot project was the first phase in a statewide…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Pilot Projects, Outcomes of Education
Joseph, Nithya; Waymack, Nancy; Zielaski, Daniel – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2014
While policymakers have been directing considerable attention to teacher effectiveness, one basic aspect of effectiveness has received relatively little attention: teacher attendance. No matter how engaging or talented teachers may be, they can only have an impact on student learning if they are in the classroom. This paper asks a simple question:…
Descriptors: Teacher Attendance, Teacher Influence, Public School Teachers, Employee Absenteeism
National School Boards Association, 2014
The Cloud's presence in both personal and professional lives has happened so quickly. In fact, many of the educational tools employed by teachers and district offices operate through an Internet connection only. The advantages of Cloud-based platforms and learning tools are obvious--ease, convenience, 24/7 accessibility, less staff time…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Software, Computers, Users (Information)
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Gaztambide-Fernández, Rubén; Parekh, Gillian – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
Located in one of the most diverse cities in the world, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) offers several programs catering to a variety of student interests. Specialty Arts Programs (SAPs) have gained particular attention in part because of their reputation as excellent schools providing a unique opportunity for training in the arts.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Interests, Art Education, Access to Education
Kersten, Thomas – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012
Too often, new superintendents--even if they have succeeded in other administrative positions--can undermine their successes by making critical novice mistakes, such as failing to recognize political stumbling blocks or unintentionally inviting school board member micromanagement. "Moving into the Superintendency: How to Succeed in Making the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Superintendents, Politics of Education, Educational Administration
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Levenson, Nathan – Educational Leadership, 2012
The author, who has served as a school board member and district superintendent, advocates that school districts use an academic return on investment approach to evaluate and make decisions about spending, specifically in special education. This approach requires that schools formally evaluate all programs, efforts, and strategies by multiple…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, School Districts, Boards of Education, Special Education
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Donato, Ruben; Hanson, Jarrod S. – Harvard Educational Review, 2012
The history of Mexican American school segregation is complex, often misunderstood, and currently unresolved. The literature suggests that Mexican Americans experienced de facto segregation because it was local custom and never sanctioned at the state level in the American Southwest. However, the same literature suggests that Mexican Americans…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Racial Segregation, Boards of Education, Mexican Americans
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Copeland, Jim D. – Qualitative Report, 2013
Although urban and suburban school superintendents serve the largest group of students in terms of sheer numbers of schoolchildren, there are actually more superintendents serving in rural school districts in the United States. I examined the expected roles or "hats" of the rural superintendent by collecting data from several districts…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Rural Schools, Expectation, Administrator Role
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