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Finnigan, Kara S.; Lavner, Mark – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2012
This study seeks to understand community member participation in and influence over an urban school district's school closure process. Data from interviews with School Board members, district administrators, and community members, as well as district documents and newspaper articles suggest that district administrators limited participation…
Descriptors: School Closing, Urban Schools, Income, Educational Change
Alabama State Department of Education, 2016
This brochure presents state statistics for Alabama: School Personnel 2015-16; Student Assessment 2014-15; Alabama State Board of Education members; Financial Data FY2015; Graduation Rates 2013-14/2014-15; Alabama Public Schools 2015-16; Public School Size and Enrollment 2015-16; Graduation Requirements 2015-16; Career and Technical Education…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, School Personnel, Student Evaluation, Reading
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014
The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 and, more recently, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 required all school districts participating in the federal Child Nutrition Programs (e.g., National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program, Afterschool Snack Program) to adopt and implement a local…
Descriptors: School Policy, Wellness, Child Health, Nutrition
Mohammadjani, Farzad; Tonkaboni, Forouzan – International Education Studies, 2015
The aim of the present research is to investigate a comparison between the effect of cooperative learning teaching method and lecture teaching method on students' learning and satisfaction level. The research population consisted of all the fourth grade elementary school students of educational district 4 in Shiraz. The statistical population…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Questionnaires, Test Reliability
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2015
The vision of Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges is to build strong communities, individuals and families, and achieve a greater global competitiveness and prosperity for the state and its economy by raising the knowledge and skills of the state's residents. The most urgent mission of the Washington State Board for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Educational Objectives, Role of Education
Ohio Department of Education, 2017
It is important for every student in Ohio to attend school every day. Missing too much school has longterm, negative effects on students, such as lower achievement and graduation rates. There are many reasons students miss school, but districts often can directly impact their students' attendance. By using data to identify and support students who…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, School Districts, Strategic Planning, Prevention
Melnick, Hanna; Cook-Harvey, Channa M.; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2017
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires state accountability systems to include indicators of "school quality and student success" along with indicators of academic outcomes. The new law provides an important opportunity for states to broaden the definition of student success to include measures of students' social-emotional, as…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation
Robinson, Sharon P. – State Education Standard, 2013
This article makes a case for state boards of education to work with schools of education to ensure all teachers--even brand-new ones--are prepared to serve diverse learners effectively, including students with disabilities. This goal is within reach thanks to performance measures for new educators such as the "Performance Assessment for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, State Boards of Education, Partnerships in Education, Academic Achievement
Collier Good, Cayanna – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation explored the constitutionality of a Georgia law, under both the Georgia Constitution and the United States Constitution, which allows for the removal of elected school board members based on threatened loss of district accreditation. The problem is that elected board members are being removed from office based on district…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Boards of Education, Legal Responsibility
Dismuke, Daniel P. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the typical terms and conditions of employment in 2012-2013 negotiated agreements in Pennsylvania school districts, and to determine if there was a relationship between enrollment size and 5 selected terms and conditions of employment: base salary; highest salary; teacher contribution for one…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Teacher Employment, Boards of Education, Teacher Associations
Mass Insight Education, 2013
There is no shortage of ideas for improving urban schools: higher standards; aligned assessments and curriculum; better teacher evaluation and support; more and better parent choices; blended learning; and so on. What's missing is any recognition of the importance of district systems in promoting and sustaining improvement as leaders come and go.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Restructuring, Educational Change, School Districts
Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Barnett, Joshua; Ganesh, Tirupalavanam G. – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background: Via the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), stronger accountability proponents are now knocking on the doors of the colleges of education that prepare teachers and, many argue, prepare teachers ineffectively. This is raising questions about how effective and necessary teacher education programs indeed are. While research…
Descriptors: Accountability, Schools of Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs
Quarles, Roger C. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This multiple case qualitative study addressed the National School Board Association's (NSBA) Key Work standards for public policy leadership by local school boards, and how three elite school board chairs understood and implemented those standards. Elite board chair status was defined by experience, training, and peer recognition. The study…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Boards of Education, Leadership, Rural Schools
Ohler, Jason – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2011
The reality of students' cyber lives has thrust upon educators a new approach: creating character education programs tuned to digital youth that are both proactive and aggressive. Taking this approach will help integrate students' digital activities within the context of the communities in which they live, both local and digital. The digital age…
Descriptors: Altruism, Ethical Instruction, Boards of Education, Values Education
Chabotar, Kent John – Trusteeship, 2011
Last August, the U.S. Department of Education disclosed that 149 nonprofit private colleges and universities had failed its "financial-responsibility test" for fiscal year 2008-2009. This article explains what the financial-responsibility test is and how it is used, explores what the implications might be for colleges and universities,…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Disclosure, Higher Education, Universities