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Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2013
It's not news that public school districts have maintained productive relationships with the business community over the years. In Ohio, Cincinnati Bell recently helped a failing high school in the Cincinnati Public Schools transform itself into an information technology academy by providing student internships, a fleet of volunteer mentors, and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Business, Scholarships
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2012
As school districts have made improvements to teaching and learning, and raised student achievement in the process, reform-minded superintendents have usually led the way. When they move on, they leave a legacy of programs and policies that have worked. That is just where finding the next superintendent can get tricky. It is not easy when the…
Descriptors: Superintendents, School Districts, Instructional Leadership, Maintenance
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2012
Manufacturing biodiesel fuel, building a geodesic-domed greenhouse, measuring the environmental impact of abandoned industrial canals--these might well fit the mission of cutting-edge companies specializing in green technologies, or they could be part of the curriculum at an institution of advanced science and engineering such as MIT or Cal Tech.…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Colleges, Engineering, Vocational Schools
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2011
Last July, the Atlanta Public Schools became the poster district for teachers and principals behaving badly. State investigators found that, in 44 schools across the city, 178 teachers and administrators had systematically cheated on the state standardized tests taken by their students in 2009. The largest cheating scandal by far has cast a pall…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Cheating, Reputation, Standardized Tests
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2009
This article profiles the 5-year-old Bronx Lab School, a shining achievement in Chancellor Joel Klein's aggressive program of creating new, small schools, almost 400 of which have opened over the past seven years. It's unprecedented anywhere in America. Bronx Lab--which shares the building with similarly sized schools focused on areas such as…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Small Schools, Laboratory Schools, School Restructuring
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2013
English as a Second Language programs have historically focused on
Spanish-speaking students, but the ESL map is undergoing a dramatic transformation that is challenging K12 schools to cope with a burgeoning number of different native languages--more than 100 in some locations--as new immigrants arrive in districts across the country. The number…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Programs, English Language Learners, Public Schools
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2010
Almost every day, it seems, school districts coping with budget shortfalls are announcing freezes or cuts to administrative salaries and benefits as part of the solution, a trend that began during the past school year and is becoming more prevalent around the country. Salaries, which account for more than 70 percent of some school budgets, have…
Descriptors: School Districts, Economic Climate, Financial Problems, State Aid
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2013
As the alarming dropout numbers have become more apparent, the long-term consequences have drawn increasing concern, as well. The number of dropouts annually can cost the United States $200 billion over the lifetime of those individuals, through greater amounts of public assistance they are likely to require to the "school-to prison…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Dropout Prevention, Community Programs, Mentors
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2010
This article explores school districts such as New Haven (Connecticut) Public Schools, whose local union is an American Federation of Teachers (AFT) affiliate and where a shared concern for students has trumped the often adversarial union-management relationship. The author discusses what makes the successful contract negotiations headed by David…
Descriptors: School Districts, Unions, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Attitudes
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2011
To the more than 600 million members of Facebook and the expanding legions of Twitter users, one can add a growing number of schools and districts. Whether communicating with parents and the public, enhancing classroom instruction and staff development, or rallying school spirit, administrators and teachers are beginning to leverage the…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Internet, Teacher Student Relationship, Educational Media
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2009
Mayoral control of public schools is nothing new. Boston pioneered the practice in 1992, replacing elected school committee members with mayoral appointees. Since then, a dozen urban districts--including Cleveland, Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C.--have undergone a similar change in school governance that has shifted some or most of…
Descriptors: Government School Relationship, Public Officials, Urban Schools, Public Schools
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2011
Draconian cuts have become the order of business for many school districts since the economic recession hit in 2008. But for the coming school year, "draconian" has taken on an even harsher meaning, as states from California and Texas to Illinois and New York wrestle with deficits in the tens of billions of dollars and make…
Descriptors: Legislators, Superintendents, Dislocated Workers, School Districts
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2011
In a major address on educational policy last March, President Barack Obama underscored his priorities for the pending reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. He promised that the government will spur a race to the top by encouraging better standards and assessments. But Obama's concerns over rigor and the promise of the Common…
Descriptors: Expertise, Federal Legislation, State Standards, At Risk Students
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2011
STEM--the catchy shorthand for "science, technology, engineering and mathematics"--has been part of the school improvement discussion for more than a decade, as educational leaders and policy makers have underscored the importance of these areas in preparing students for an internationally competitive, 21st-century economy. But while the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Program Implementation, Barriers, Federal Legislation
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2011
For more than half a century, the annual science fair has been a fixture in many a school's academic life, both for science teachers, who guide classes through the hands-on experience of researching topics of interest, and for students, who often hectically put the finishing touches on their work the night before it is exhibited in the school gym…
Descriptors: Science Fairs, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills
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