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ERIC Number: EJ334270
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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State-Sponsored Schoolwide Improvement Programs: What's Going on in the Schools?
Farrar, Eleanor; Flakus-Mosqueda, Patricia
Phi Delta Kappan, v67 n8 p586-89 Apr 1986
Examines schoolwide improvement programs initiated by four states. Describes successful endeavors of California, Ohio, and Colorado schools to improve curricula and student achievement and the Connecticut schools' strategy to improve principal-teacher communication. Attributes the success of these reform programs to solid leadership skills, flexible design, and clear purpose. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making, Principals, School Effectiveness, State Programs, Student Improvement, Teacher Administrator Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Education Commission of the States CO; Grayson Elementary School CO; Hudson Junior High School OH; Sinai High School CA
Note: For related articles, see EA 519 913-917.