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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Educational change--Iowa"”.
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Vision of 21st Century Iowa Schools : Superintendents Speak Out
The problem: What the K-12 educational reform movement has done throughout the 1990s is to create a dialogue around the beliefs, values, and purposes of schooling in this country. Conversations among educators, legislators, federal and state policy makers, and members of the business community are …
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Resistance to change among veteran teachers: Providing voice for more effective engagement
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The Iowa Education System : Do We Really Have What We Need? Do We Need What We Have?
… considered the impact of the structure of the Iowa Education governance system on what happens in schools. This qualitative study investigated organizational roles and the relationships between Area Education Agencies, The State Board/State Department of Education, local school boards and their …
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Large Secondary Schools Respond to State Policy
… what happened in the implementation of Iowa’s 1998 education accountability law and to provide information to policymakers on how to improve their policy-making. This was one of seven FINE-supported studies to carry out this purpose. The problem of this study was to describe and analyze …
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Journey From the Statehouse to the Schoolhouse: A Study of the Implementation of State Policy
… for successful implementation because effective change does not occur overnight nor in an atmosphere of frequent modification of the rules. 3. Link mandates to existing work in the district and previous improvement efforts to reduce fragmentation and overload. 4. Establish and support structures …
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An Analysis of Selected 1994-95 Phase III Plans Submitted Under the Iowa Educational Excellence Act (Chapter 294A)
The problem: In 1987, the Iowa Legislature enacted the Iowa Educational Excellence Act to provide financial incentives to raise teacher salaries through locally developed plans. Phase III of the act promoted the development of performance based and supplemental pay plans. In 1993, the legislative …
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Implementing State Educational Policy in Iowa: Voices from the Field
… what implementers understood as the intent of Iowa's Accountability for Student Learning Act as well as the processes and strategies used by small public school districts to implement this policy. This study also sought recommendations from implementers regarding improved design for future …