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Thorne Wallington, Elizabeth; Johnson, Adrienne – Educational Considerations, 2022
While rural communities are not monolithic, many have seen recent shifts in demographics from historically homogenous populations to more racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse residents (e.g., Sharp & Lee, 2017; Brenner, 2016). Such shifts can occur very rapidly as new regional economic, social, or political forces emerge and are…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Student Diversity, Rural Areas, Teacher Attitudes
Miller, Teresa Northern; Salsberry, Trudy A.; Devin, Mary A. – Educational Considerations, 2009
This study of the superintendent focus group interviews from the "Voices 3" project adds to the research base with regard to the range and nature of the types of power experienced or used by superintendents. Using the French & Raven/Andrews & Baird model of seven types of power, the authors analyzed superintendents'…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Leadership Training, Superintendents, School Districts
Phelps, James L. – Educational Considerations, 2009
The purpose of this article is to illustrate how a valid and reliable state accountability system could be developed that identifies effective schools and school districts in a comprehensive, understandable, and practical way. The author presents an overview of the strategy used in the analysis, discusses the use of education production functions…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Accountability, Federal Legislation, Validity
Phelps, James L.; Addonizio, Michael F. – Educational Considerations, 2006
How do district policies, leadership, and support services influence the quality of teaching and learning in public schools? This article uses a rich longitudinal school-level database to estimate a model of student achievement and analyzes the residuals in the model to obtain estimates of the contributions of unobserved school and school district…
Descriptors: Accountability, Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Models