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Wynder, Lawrence C., II – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Since "A Nation At Risk" (1954), a series of laws and key reform initiatives were passed to hold schools accountable for improving the quality of public education (e.g. "IASA," "Title 1," "NCLB," "RTTT"). These reform initiatives require that public schools undergo continuous change but simply…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alignment (Education), Charter Schools, Educational Environment
Sunderman, Gail L.; Mickelsen, Heidi – 1998
This study examined how recent federal, state, and district policies shape the design and implementation of schoolwide programs for Title I students in the Chicago Public Schools (Illinois). Four inner city elementary schools were selected for the study. Two had academic outcomes higher than expected, and the other two had lower academic outcomes…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change