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Hill, Paul T.; Jochim, Ashley E. – University of Chicago Press, 2014
America's education system faces a stark dilemma: it needs governmental oversight, rules and regulations, but it also needs to be adaptable enough to address student needs and the many different problems that can arise at any given school--something that large educational bureaucracies are notoriously bad at. Paul Hill and Ashley Jochim offer here…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Democracy, Government Role, Public Education
Campbell, Christine; Gross, Betheny; Hill, Paul T. – Brookings Institution Press, 2012
Deficient urban schooling remains one of America's most pressing--and stubborn--public policy problems. This important new book details and evaluates a radical and promising new approach to K-12 education reform. "Strife and Progress" explains for a broad audience the "portfolio strategy" for providing urban education--its…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Urban Schools, Public Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Lake, Robin J.; Hill, Paul T. – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2009
The search continues for effective ways to educate disadvantaged children in big cities. Different cities have tried varied approaches--intensive work on the professional skills of teachers and administrators in Boston, standardized approaches to instruction in San Diego, and extensive use of vouchers and chartering in Washington, D.C., and…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Performance, Public Schools, Urban Schools
Hill, Paul T. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2008
Public school funding in the United States is not a product of intelligent design. Funding programs have grown willy-nilly based on political entrepreneurship, interest group pressure, and intergovernmental competition. Consequently, now that Americans feel the need to educate all children to high standards, no one knows for sure how money is used…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Schools, Academic Standards, Money Management
Hill, Paul T. – 2003
This paper focuses on the administrative costs of vouchers programs. It considers the tasks that public and private agencies must undertake and estimates the administrative burdens and cash flow that local programs create. It assumes that all voucher programs, including those meant in part to reduce overcrowding, will be voluntary. The paper…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Economics of Education, Educational Administration, Educational Finance
Hill, Paul T.; And Others – 1990
This study compares zoned high schools, special public magnet schools, and Catholic high schools to identify features that motivate low-income students. Ten days of observations, interviews, and reviews of student records were conducted at eight New York City schools. Of the eight, three were Catholic high schools, two were zoned high schools, and…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, High Risk Students, High Schools, Institutional Characteristics
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Hill, Paul T. – Education and Urban Society, 1997
Discusses public school governance and management under decentralization and explores whether decentralization can lead to school improvement. It further examines the types of external support and oversight that public schools need under decentralization, such as the functions of school boards, central offices, and teachers unions. Finally, it…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decentralization, Educational Finance, Governance
Hill, Paul T.; Pierce, Lawrence C.; Guthrie, James W. – 1997
This book proposes a new form of school governance based on contracting and family choice. Under the proposed plan, all public schools would operate under contracts that define each school's mission, its guarantee of public funding, and its grounds for accountability. The contracts would have two parties--the local school board and the individual…
Descriptors: Accountability, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Contracts
Lake, Robin; Hill, Paul T.; Maas, Tricia – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2015
Every sector of the U.S. economy is working on ways to deliver services in a more customized manner. If all goes well, education is headed in the same direction. Personalized learning and globally benchmarked academic standards (a.k.a. Common Core) are the focus of most major school districts and charter school networks. Educators and parents know…
Descriptors: School Districts, Common Core State Standards, Educational Change, Delivery Systems
Hill, Paul T. – 1987
This paper analyzes design alternatives for Federal elementary and secondary education programs. It identifies the range of program strategies available and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses. The proper design for any program depends upon the following factors: (1) goals; (2) the availability of Federal funding to pay for necessary services…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Hill, Paul T.; Celio, Mary Beth – 1998
In many big cities, noneducators are being asked to create rescue strategies for the public schools. In Cleveland (Ohio) and Chicago (Illinois), mayors have taken over the school systems, and in the District of Columbia and Baltimore (Maryland), reform boards have been asked to improve the schools. This book is designed to help these noneducators…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Vouchers
Hill, Paul T.; Rainey, Lydia; Rotherham, Andrew J. – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2006
Over the past 15 years, charter schools and teachers unions have battled in state legislatures, the courts and the media. But with increasing frequency, the two groups are facing each other in the everyday operation of schools. This report summarizes the opinions expressed at a meeting of local state, and national leaders from both the charter…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Unions, Teacher Associations, State Legislation
Hill, Paul T. – 2003
This paper lays out a performance-based model to better leverage the mission and power of school boards toward improving student learning. It moves beyond discussions about whether boards should be elected or appointed, instead arguing that mode of selection is less directly responsible for board success than clarity and focus about its mission…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education