NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
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.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
ERIC Number: EJ640848
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
One Man's Continuing War Against Recentralization: A Long Struggle for School Autonomy.
Schmerler, Gil
Phi Delta Kappan, v83 n5 p370-74 Jan 2002
Describes several reasons, based largely on dissatisfaction with New York City bureaucracy, why principal of International High School in Queens decided to accept invitation to become a charter school: Student selection challenges; need for school-based staffing; scheduling, financial, and purchasing rigidities; and state assessment requirements. (PKP)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Bureaucracy, Charter Schools, Educational Finance, High Schools, Performance Based Assessment, Purchasing, Scheduling, School Based Management, Small Schools, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: International High School NY