Improving Educational Productivity

Improving Educational Productivity
Author: David H. Monk
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2001-08-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1607527901

(Published in Cooperation with the Laboratory for Student Success, Temple University)

Advancing Education Productivity

Advancing Education Productivity
Author: Herbert J. Walberg
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2006-07-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1607524961

Most of the research contained in this book was supported by grants to the individual authors from the American Educational Research Association Grants Program.

Creating Productive Cultures in Schools

Creating Productive Cultures in Schools
Author: Joseph Murphy
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2014-04-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483353893

Your path to sustainable school improvement starts here! School reform scholars Joseph Murphy and Daniela Torre shed light on the components that promote learning-centered leadership at the secondary level. Strengthen your school culture and discover clearly defined processes for engagement among students, teachers, parents and community members. Learn to: • Understand variables that shape leadership practices and student learning • Cultivate school, community, and parent partnerships • Include both rigor and acceleration within a caring culture, particularly for at-risk schools • Create communities of professionalism for teachers Use this comprehensive resource to explore how comprehensive school improvement really works!

Organizations for Policy Analysis

Organizations for Policy Analysis
Author: Carol H. Weiss
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 318
Release: 1992
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Describes the origin, history, activities and orientations of 14 policy analysis organizations ("think tanks"). The contributors consider whether governments select policy analysis objectively, whether the organizations are beneficial, and scrutinize the strength of their influence.