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Nasrullah – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The roles of educational, political, and community leaders in the decentralization of education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan were explored in this phenomenological research. Examined were leaders' perceptions and understandings of decentralization and its effects on teacher instructional practices, process of student learning,…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Administrative Organization, Capacity Building, Foreign Countries
Popescu, Ana-Cristina – Management in Education, 2011
The article focuses on tracking financial delegation (introduced nationally in January 2010) as part of the broader process of education restructuring and decentralisation in post-communist Romania. The aim is to critically pinpoint some of the challenges specific to the Romanian context, such as the multitude of policies and legislation (due to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Public Education
Peer reviewed
Hanson, Mark – International Review of Education, 1976
This research is an effort to analyze the process of organizational change as it takes place within one segment of the public administration mechanism in Venezuela--The Ministry of Education. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Decentralization, Diagrams, Educational Change
Kearney, W. Sean; Smith, Page A. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2009
The article discusses a case study that stems from actual events, targets the issue of ethics in schools, and is applicable for use in a variety of educational leadership courses. The article examines the issues related to ethical responsibilities and high-stakes testing in public schools. The administration must decide what actions to take…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Environment, Instructional Leadership, Standardized Tests
Tompkins, Dorothy Cambell, Comp. – 1972
This 756-entry bibliography was prompted by the Serrano decision of the California Supreme Court in August 1971. The items are drawn from the literature on public administration, law, education, and State and local government since 1965. Items are organized under "Inequality of Educational Opportunity,""Financing of Local Public…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Boards of Education, Court Litigation, Educational Finance
Yell, Mitchell L.; Edlein, Rachel; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2023
In special education, medication often plays a critical role in meeting the needs of students with disabilities. The use of medications in schools, however, can be a problem when state laws and federal law conflict regarding the use of a medication, in this situation, medical marijuana. This column reports on a ruling by the U.S. District Court in…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Drug Therapy, Marijuana, Special Education
Wheeler, John J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In 1922, Ellwood Cubberley characterized the superintendency by stating, "No profession offers such large personal rewards for the opportunity of living one's life in molding other lives, and in helping to improve materially the intellectual tone and moral character of a community" (Public school administration: A statement of the…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Labor Turnover, Stress Variables, Job Performance
Wilson, Louise – Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 2022
"Administration of Medication in Wisconsin Schools" provides a framework for developing policies and procedures that meet the requirements for medication administration in the school setting. This document explains the various Wisconsin laws affecting the administration of medication to students. When applicable, best practice guidelines…
Descriptors: School Health Services, School Nurses, Drug Therapy, Guidelines
Heath, Kathryn G. – 1962
This book focuses on the public administration of education at the national level of governments. Specifically, it relates to functions and organization--rather than to educational systems per se. The first part is devoted to a multinational comparative analysis, presenting comparative data on functions and organization of the ministries, together…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Developed Nations
Peer reviewed
Greenman, James – Young Children, 1978
A critical examination of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) proposal for public school administration of federally supported child care programs. Presents the AFT position in detail, then explores distinctions between day care and school programs in terms of child-rearing responsibility and of developmental differences. Urges sensitivity…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Coordination, Day Care
Miller, Lawrence J.; Gross, Betheny; Ouijdani, Monica – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2012
In the era of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, school districts are under increasing pressure from policymakers to hold all students to high performance standards. In response, a growing number of schools are embracing the principles of student-centered learning (SCL). SCL is a contemporary approach that combines progressive and…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Finance, School District Spending, Student Centered Curriculum
Williams, R. David – 1978
This study reviews the literature on public school administration and on decentralization to establish the groundwork for an analysis of the administration of a decentralized school system and its media services, discusses some of the confusion in the centralization vs. decentralization debate, and presents a heuristic study of the administration…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decentralization, Educational Media, Information Networks
Cornman, S. Q.; Ampadu, O.; Hanak, K.; Howell, M.; Wheeler, S. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2021
This report presents data on public elementary and secondary education revenues and expenditures at the local education agency (LEA) or school district level for fiscal year (FY) 2019. Specifically, this report includes the following types of school district finance data: (1) revenue, current expenditure, and capital outlay expenditure totals; (2)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Education, Income, Expenditures
Xu, Yueting – National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2022
School districts are an integral part of the U.S. education system. Every state in the nation guarantees citizens free public education. To ensure all students are served, the states divide their land into school districts intended to provide all students with reasonable access to a school near where they live. These districts exist as units of…
Descriptors: School Districts, Charter Schools, Access to Education, Kindergarten
Stier, Marc – Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 2023
In this paper the author compares the impact of two proposals: one in the Shapiro administration's budget plan and one by the PA Schools Work (PASW) campaign for a down payment on fair and full funding of K-12 schools regarding how far they go in reducing the state's inequitable and inadequate school funding for school districts on the basis of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Budgets, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools