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Effects of Declining Numbers: Poverty? Procrastination? Planning?
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Fowler, Delbert H. – NASSP Bulletin, 1980
Looks at some considerations, tools, and alternatives that administrators in districts with declining enrollments can use in making decisions regarding cutting budgets and programs, meeting community demands, and dealing with personnel problems. (IRT)
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Reduction in Force, Secondary Education
An Alternative for Coping with Retrenchment and Declining Enrollment.
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Adachi, Mitsuo; Kim, James – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Adopting a seven-period school day can help ease problems caused by declining enrollment in the following areas: teaching load, retention of electives, reduction of pupil-teacher ratio, utilization of facilities, graduation requirements and student interest, length of periods, and availability of time for noninstructional uses. (PGD)
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, School Organization, School Schedules, Secondary Education
Declining Enrollments: Implications for the School Curriculum
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Eisenberger, Katherine E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1977
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Declining Enrollment, Secondary Education
Decremental Planning for Maximum Benefits
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Nyquist, Ewald B. – NASSP Bulletin, 1977
Decremental planning is synonymous with the management of decline. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
Retrenchment--The Impact of Declining Enrollments on the Curriculum.
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Taylor, Bob L.; Imhoff, Rhoda F. A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1982
Describes results of a study of the effects of declining enrollment on 200 high schools in the North Central Association, and then lists some positive and negative effects of declining enrollment. (JM)
Descriptors: Class Size, Curriculum, Declining Enrollment, High Schools
Turning a School Around--Overcoming Disadvantages of Location. A Dramatic Story.
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Costello, Lawrence – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
A case study of a once declining and troubled vocational school that is now a new, comprehensive high school. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Support, Declining Enrollment, Educational Change, Educational Facilities Improvement
Enrollment Decline: A Blessing in Disguise?
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King, Richard A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
Presents results of a New Mexico school survey that found the quality of education improved in schools as enrollment declined. (MD)
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Educational Development, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Coping with Declining Enrollments
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Davis, Russell G.; Lewis, Gary M. – NASSP Bulletin, 1977
Although school populations will increase again beginning in the 1980s, presently they are declining. The need for changes in curriculum, pedagogy, and the mode and site for delivery of services are traceable from demographic analysis; the form of the educational response is not. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Economic Factors, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Bridge: A Program Designed To Ease the Transition from the Middle Level to the High School.
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Sheets, Rosa Hernandez; Izard-Baldwin, Gloria; Atterberry, Patricia – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
To tackle low achievement and a 22% freshmen student withdrawal rate, a Seattle, Washington, high school gradually restructured its vision, policies, and curriculum. A committee fashioned the Bridge project, providing all freshmen with access to opportunities promoting academic achievement, responsibility, school spirit, fellowship, acceptance,…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Dropout Rate, Parent Participation, Secondary Education
Strategies for Closing a School, Reducing Staffs
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Thomas, Donald – NASSP Bulletin, 1977
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, Reduction in Force
What Are Schools Doing?
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Sebulsky, Wayne L.; And Others – NASSP Bulletin, 1977
Principals, assistant principals, and headmasters tell how their schools are coping with declining enrollments. (IRT)
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance, Educational Practices, Enrollment Projections
The Challenges of Reduction in Force.
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Jacobs, Jan W. – NASSP Bulletin, 1982
Reviews the causes of reduction in force and notes the varying interests of affected parties. Suggests four ways to gain control over situations requiring reductions: understand the facts, formulate a fair and understandable plan, adopt methods reducing the impact of reductions, and make use of regional accrediting agencies. (PGD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Accrediting Agencies, Declining Enrollment, Educational Planning
Some Thoughts from Administrators of Small Schools.
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NASSP Bulletin, 1980
Six administrators share their ideas on such things as curriculum change, administrator role, a leisure activities day, career education, and enrollment decline--all in the context of the small school. (JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Career Awareness, Costs