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Peer reviewedMcCormack-Larkin, Maureen – Educational Leadership, 1985
The Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Public Schools' Project RISE raised the achievement levels of 18 inner-city elementary schools dramatically without changing personnel or student composition, and without additional funding. Improvements were related to change in staff attitudes and in policies and practices affecting management, organization, behavior,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedPrasch, John C. – Educational Leadership, 1984
Districts can encourage school improvement through policy statements that promote local autonomy and ownership. (MLF)
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
Peer reviewedWood, Fred H.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1985
The experience of the Kenmore (New York) Public Schools with an inservice program for school board members and district level administrators and staff suggests the issues that must be addressed when convincing district personnel and board members to accept and support the concept of local school initiatives for educational improvement. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Board of Education Role, Educational Change
