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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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How Preparation Influences School Leaders and Their School Improvement: Comparing Exemplary and Conventionally Prepared Principals. School Leadership Study: Developing Successful Principals
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Orr, Margaret Terry – Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, 2007
This paper measures effective leadership preparation and assesses its relationship to what principals learn about leadership, their leadership practices, and school improvement progress and improved school climate (particularly for academic press and continuous improvement). This paper draws on survey research conducted in 2005 with 125 principals…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Leadership Effectiveness, Educational Change, Instructional Leadership
America's Teachers: Much to Celebrate.
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Meek, Anne – Educational Leadership, 1998
Figures from the National Center for Education Statistics for 1993-94 show that most of the nation's 3 million teachers are female, experienced (over 40), and typically enjoy the support of their principals and colleagues. Fully 87% are Caucasian. Schools have yet to provide sufficient numbers of minority teachers. Most teachers would appreciate…
Descriptors: Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Groups, Parent Participation
Reaping the Whirlwind.
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Hartle, Terry W.; Couch, Kenneth A. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Provides statistics on the United States' national debt and the budget deficit and warns of the dangers to the next generation if excessive federal borrowing does not stop now. (IW)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Economic Status, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Faculty Diversity: An Educational and Moral Imperative in Search of Institutional Commitment.
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Reed, Rodney J. – Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, 1986
To bring about enrollment and hiring equity in education, much more forceful affirmative action efforts than those of the past are demanded. This article discusses high school, undergraduate, and graduate enrollment and completion; minority faculty in higher education; consequences of human resources underutilization and underdevelopment; and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Diversity (Faculty)