NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Shariff, Shaheen – Cambridge University Press, 2009
This book is directed to academics, educators, and government policy-makers who are concerned about addressing emerging cyber-bullying and anti-authority student expressions through the use of cell phone and Internet technologies. There is a current policy vacuum relating to the extent of educators' legal responsibilities to intervene when such…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Bullying, Legal Responsibility, Public Policy
Gregory, J. G. – 1982
This paper describes why freedom of information (FOI) is important to scientists, the restrictions which the Official Secrets Act of 1951 places upon release of information by public officials in New Zealand, reasons for covert official resistance to FOI as suggested by information science literature, and how changes in the economic management of…
Descriptors: Disclosure, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Science
Augustine, Catherine H.; Epstein, Diana; Vuollo, Mirka – RAND Corporation, 2006
Many urban school district students are dropping out and few of the remaining ones reach state or district achievement goals. These problems make governing urban schools both difficult and important. In 2005-06, the governance structure of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) was examined, debated, criticized, and praised by several…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Public Officials, School Districts, Governance