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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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The Superintendent and Educational Reform in the United States of America
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Björk, Lars G.; Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia; Kowalski, Theodore J. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2014
During the last two decades the intensity and complexity of educational reform in the United States of America have heightened interest among policymakers, practitioners, and professors in large-scale, systemic change. As a consequence, superintendents are being viewed as pivotal actors in the complex algorithm for managing districts and leading…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Longitudinal Reform and Renewal Efforts to Improve Public Schools: Kentucky's Standards and Indicators for School Improvement
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Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia; Allen, Lawrence W.; Hurt, Patricia – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2008
Educational reform initiated by policymakers to improve public schools often fails to achieve desired results for diverse reasons. This article describes how Kentucky aligned externally mandated school reform with internally determined school renewal through implementation of its Standards and Indicators for School Improvement. Results of biennial…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Restructuring, State Standards, Educational Change
The Kentucky Principalship: Model of School Leadership Reconfigured by ISLLC "Standards" and Reform Policy Implementation
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Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia; Fusarelli, Bonnie Johnson – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2005
This article provides perspectives about influences on the principalship following a state's 1998 adoption--without modification--of the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium "Standards for School Leaders". Using literature about reconceptualizing school leadership as the framework, the paper summarizes changes in state-regulated…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, School Administration, Administrator Responsibility