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Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 34, No. 1, Fall 2006, Festus E. Obiakor Sep 2006

Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 34, No. 1, Fall 2006, Festus E. Obiakor

Educational Considerations

Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 34, no. 1, Fall 2006


Beyond Narrow Confines: Special Education Leadership For Ethnically Diverse Urban Learners, Gathogo Mukuria, Festus E. Obiakor Sep 2006

Beyond Narrow Confines: Special Education Leadership For Ethnically Diverse Urban Learners, Gathogo Mukuria, Festus E. Obiakor

Educational Considerations

Human frailties exist in everyone. There are some things that we know and some that we do not know.


Changing Roles Of Special Education Administrators: Impact On Multicultural Learners., Jeffrey P. Bakken, Mary O'Brian, Debra L. Shelden Sep 2006

Changing Roles Of Special Education Administrators: Impact On Multicultural Learners., Jeffrey P. Bakken, Mary O'Brian, Debra L. Shelden

Educational Considerations

The standards movement has been a part of education for almost the last half century.


Managing Transition And Student Support Services For Ethnically Diverse College Students With Learning Disabilities, Sunday O. Obi Sep 2006

Managing Transition And Student Support Services For Ethnically Diverse College Students With Learning Disabilities, Sunday O. Obi

Educational Considerations

Postsecondary transition for students with disabilities continues to be challenging.


Building Successful Multicultural Special Education Programs Through Innovative Leadership, Festus E. Obiakor, Floyd D. Beachum, Darrell Williams, Carlos R. Mccray Sep 2006

Building Successful Multicultural Special Education Programs Through Innovative Leadership, Festus E. Obiakor, Floyd D. Beachum, Darrell Williams, Carlos R. Mccray

Educational Considerations

Across America’s schools, administrators are faced with various educational challenges.


Abusive Administration: A Case Study, Anne L. Jefferson Sep 2006

Abusive Administration: A Case Study, Anne L. Jefferson

Educational Considerations

In the academic world, there is an assumption of reasonable administrative conduct. In fact, to ensure such conduct, universities, like other public institutions, may have collective agreements to reinforce this assumption.


Educational Considerations, Vol. 34(1) Full Issue, Festus E. Obiakor Sep 2006

Educational Considerations, Vol. 34(1) Full Issue, Festus E. Obiakor

Educational Considerations

Educational Considerations, vol. 34(1)-Fall 2006-Full issue


Valuing Exceptional Ethnic Minority Voices: New Leadership For A New Era, Festus E. Obiakor Sep 2006

Valuing Exceptional Ethnic Minority Voices: New Leadership For A New Era, Festus E. Obiakor

Educational Considerations

Educators and school leaders have continued to look for new ways of thinking and doing as they confront changes and shifts in paradigms and power. [Introduction to this special issue.]


The Role Of Administrators In Paraprofessional Supervision To Support Ethnic Minority Students With Special Needs, Betty Y. Ashbaker, Jill Morgan Sep 2006

The Role Of Administrators In Paraprofessional Supervision To Support Ethnic Minority Students With Special Needs, Betty Y. Ashbaker, Jill Morgan

Educational Considerations

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 provided a clear mandate to school administrators to provide additional training for professional and paraprofessional staff.


Social Studies Methods Students Engaged In Service-Learning: Reciprocity Is The Key, Saundra Wetig Sep 2006

Social Studies Methods Students Engaged In Service-Learning: Reciprocity Is The Key, Saundra Wetig

Educational Considerations

As a social studies educator, I have found myself at the end of each semester reflecting on my preservice teachers’ practicum experiences.


The Role Of Partnerships In The Professional Doctorate In Education: A Program Application In Educational Leadership, Susan Toft Everson Apr 2006

The Role Of Partnerships In The Professional Doctorate In Education: A Program Application In Educational Leadership, Susan Toft Everson

Educational Considerations

Despite Levine’s recent criticism of university educational administration programs, a number of educational leadership programs have already redesigned their doctoral programs in educational leadership to align with the professional roles for which students seek preparation.


Creating Professional Learning Communities In A Traditional Educational Leadership Preparation Program, Gini Doolittle, H. Mark Stanwood, Herb Simmerman Apr 2006

Creating Professional Learning Communities In A Traditional Educational Leadership Preparation Program, Gini Doolittle, H. Mark Stanwood, Herb Simmerman

Educational Considerations

During its 50-year history, the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) has witnessed both the development and subsequent demise of innovations in leadership preparation programs.


The Cadre Project: Looking At The Development Of Beginning Teachers, Sheryl Mcglamery, Jarene Fluckinger, Nancy Edick Apr 2006

The Cadre Project: Looking At The Development Of Beginning Teachers, Sheryl Mcglamery, Jarene Fluckinger, Nancy Edick

Educational Considerations

The CADRE Project is a collaborative teacher induction effort between higher education and K-12 practitioners. The Metropolitan Omaha Educational Consortium (MOEC), comprised of seven metropolitan Omaha public school districts and the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Education, coordinates this project. This project is a true collaborative effort involving public school superintendents, university administrators, and faculty and staff from both entities.


Cognitive Development Of Adult Undergraduate Students: Cohort And Non-Cohort Settings, Royce Ann Collins Apr 2006

Cognitive Development Of Adult Undergraduate Students: Cohort And Non-Cohort Settings, Royce Ann Collins

Educational Considerations

In response to the increased number of adults in the student population, colleges and universities began offering courses in a variety of formats to accommodate the working adult’s schedule. These formats include, but are not limited to, intensive weekend courses and accelerated cohort programs.


Year One Of School Improvement: Examples From Nine Schools, Stephen P. Gordon, Suzanne Stiegelbauer, Julie Diehl Apr 2006

Year One Of School Improvement: Examples From Nine Schools, Stephen P. Gordon, Suzanne Stiegelbauer, Julie Diehl

Educational Considerations

School improvement research asks the question “How do schools improve over time?” and thus is focused on school culture and the change process.


Partnership, Preparation, And Progress In Training Community College Administrative Leaders, Ramon Dominguez Apr 2006

Partnership, Preparation, And Progress In Training Community College Administrative Leaders, Ramon Dominguez

Educational Considerations

In Spring 2002, the Department of Educational Management and Development at New Mexico State University implemented the Community College Leadership Doctoral Program (CCLDP).


How Much Do Schools And Districts Matter? A Production Function Approach To School Accountability, James L. Phelps, Michael F. Addonizio Apr 2006

How Much Do Schools And Districts Matter? A Production Function Approach To School Accountability, James L. Phelps, Michael F. Addonizio

Educational Considerations

In 1989, President George H.W. Bush convened a first-ever education summit in Charlottesville, Virginia, with the governors of the states and territories.


Educational Considerations, Vol. 33(2) Full Issue, Teresa Northern Miller Apr 2006

Educational Considerations, Vol. 33(2) Full Issue, Teresa Northern Miller

Educational Considerations

Educational Considerations, vol. 33(2)-Spring 2006-Full issue


Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 33, No. 2, Spring 2006, Teresa Northern Miller Apr 2006

Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 33, No. 2, Spring 2006, Teresa Northern Miller

Educational Considerations

Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 33, no. 2, Spring 2006


Foreword, Faith E. Crampton, David C. Thompson Apr 2006

Foreword, Faith E. Crampton, David C. Thompson

Educational Considerations

This issue, guest-edited by Teresa Northern Miller, represents the third and final issue in a trilogy exploring the reform of educational leadership preparation programs in the United States.