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50 Years of ERIC
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Three Case Studies in Green Cleaning
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State Education Standard, 2012
This article presents case studies from three districts implementing green cleaning. In 2008, Missouri passed legislation requiring state education officials to convene a committee of stakeholders with the purpose of developing green cleaning guidelines and specifications for schools. The guide, published by the Department of Elementary and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Sustainable Development, School Maintenance, Sanitation
Do School District Takeovers Work? Assessing the Effectiveness of City and State Takeovers as a School Reform Strategy.
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Wong, Kenneth K.; Shen, Francis X. – State Education Standard, 2002
Evaluates the effectiveness of city and state takeovers of school districts to bring about school reform. Finds, for example, that city takeovers are linked to increases in student achievement in elementary schools and that when state takeovers produce administrative and political turmoil, student achievement suffers. (Contains 15 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Administration, Educational Change