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Leadership Academies: A District Office Perspective, Rick Doll
Leadership Academies: A District Office Perspective, Rick Doll
Educational Considerations
In 2004, public schools across the country found themselves in the middle of an educational shift to standards-based accreditation. Expectations had changed. Schools were being held accountable for the success of all students. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 established the expectation that all schools must successfully educate all students. This federal legislation changed school accreditation to a model based on high-stakes testing.
Changing From Traditional Practice To A New Model For Preparing Future Leaders, Mary Devin, Donna Augustine-Shaw, Robert F. Hachiya
Changing From Traditional Practice To A New Model For Preparing Future Leaders, Mary Devin, Donna Augustine-Shaw, Robert F. Hachiya
Educational Considerations
In dramatic departure from the traditional format of programs preparing building level leaders, in the last sixteen years the Educational Leadership Department in the College of Education at Kansas State University (KSU) has worked with eight different partners in designing and delivering site-based customized 30-hour master’s degree programs in educational leadership to 19 individual cohorts.
Reconceptualizing Educational Productivity For Australian Public Schools In New South Wales: An Empirical Application Of Modified Quadriform Analytics, R. Anthony Rolle
Reconceptualizing Educational Productivity For Australian Public Schools In New South Wales: An Empirical Application Of Modified Quadriform Analytics, R. Anthony Rolle
Educational Considerations
Little is known about the educational productivity of public schooling organizations when examined outside of market-based, cost-minimization frameworks. Consequently, the purpose of this research was to extend the literature that supports the appropriateness of measuring levels of the economic efficiency of public schools via an alternative approach, utilizing modified quadriform analytics (MQA) to assess the educational productivity of New South Wales public elementary and secondary schools in Australia over three school years, 2008-2010.