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Duffy, Francis M. – School Administrator, 2008
As American schools increasingly are called on to ensure students have the skills necessary to succeed in the 21st century, school districts nationwide are responding with a renewed interest in systemic change. The revived attention notwithstanding, educators, policymakers and the public still misunderstand the true meaning of systemic change in…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Change, Strategic Planning, Systems Development
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2007
Efforts to make substantial and substantive improvements related to mental health in schools and student/learning supports requires much more than implementing a few demonstrations. Improved approaches are only as good as a school district's ability to develop and institutionalize them equitably in all its schools. This process often is called…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Pilot Projects, Educational Change, Organizational Objectives
Ewell, Peter; L'Orange, Hans – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2009
A rapidly changing global economy, shifting demographics, and concerns about our ability to maintain a competitive workforce have focused national attention on the educational systems of America's states, highlighting their critical role in ensuring a productive and creative future for our country. As a result, Americas colleges and universities…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Management, Design Requirements
Windhausen, John, Jr. – EDUCAUSE, 2008
This white paper proposes bringing the federal government, state governments, and the private sector together as part of a new approach to making high-speed Internet services available across the country. It proposes the creation of a new federal Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) that, together with matching funds from the states and the private…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Telecommunications, Public Sector, Partnerships in Education
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Brethower, Dale M.; Dams, Peter-Cornelius – Performance Improvement, 1999
Introduces human performance technology (HPT) by answering the following questions related to: what systems does; practical issues and questions to which systems thinking is relevant; research questions and answers with respect to systems thinking; how HPT practitioners can do systems thinking; systems thinking tools; what is and is not known…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Human Resources, Instructional Systems, Management Systems
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Duffy, Francis M. – Educational Forum, The, 2004
Piecemeal change to improve schooling is an approach that at its worst does more harm than good, and at its best is limited to creating pockets of good within school districts. When it comes to improving schooling in a district, however, creating pockets of good isn't good enough. Whole school systems need to be improved. This article focuses on…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Indicators, Systems Development