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| Independent School | 5 |
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| Bassett, Patrick F. | 1 |
| Boke, Nicholas F. | 1 |
| Chandler, John, Jr. | 1 |
| Cole, W. Graham | 1 |
| Dillon, Dorothy H. | 1 |
| Sizer, Theodore R. | 1 |
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| Guides - Non-Classroom | 5 |
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Opinion Papers | 2 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
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| Practitioners | 2 |
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Sizer, Theodore R. – Independent School, 1984
Examining seven major trends in current efforts to reform secondary education, the author outlines recommendations being issued in 1984 in three publications of the project known as A Study of High Schools and offers a set of eight suggestions for school heads to act on in the immediate future. (JBM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Boke, Nicholas F. – Independent School, 1981
Defines the role of a department head and suggests some ways to help schools use department chairmen more effectively. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Department Heads, Faculty Evaluation, Occupational Information
Chandler, John, Jr. – Independent School, 1982
Trustees evaluating their private school should know the school and its staff. They can use objective evaluation methods, such as standardized test results or college placement of graduates, but they should also incorporate the opinions of recent graduates and the community and utilize staff presentations to the board. (RW)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Evaluation, Private Schools
Bassett, Patrick F. – Independent School, 1979
The director of Woodberry Forest Summer School outlines the implementation and operation of his program as a model for similar endeavors. (SJL)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Boarding Schools, Discipline Policy, Educational Economics
Cole, W. Graham; Dillon, Dorothy H. – Independent School, 1980
Senior high girls and boys from two single-sex schools undertook a study of a Supreme Court case that provided insight not only into constitutional law and history but also into how men and women can work together and relate in other ways than dating. (DS)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Attitude Change, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
