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ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE | CHANGE IN LABOR UNIONS
EDUCATION PAPERS | NPRI PAPERS | ADDITIONAL EDUCATION PAPERS | EDUCATION REFORM PAPERS

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

Implementing Change in Educational and Other Organizations - Selected Bibliography
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Implementing Organizational Change:  Theory and Practice
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Organization Change: Theory and Practice
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Innovations in Government: Research, Recognition and Replication
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A Sense of Urgency
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Future of Management
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Theory and Practice of Change Management
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The Change Handbook:  The Definitive Resource on Today's Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems
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Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness
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The Fifth Discipline:  The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
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Unleashing Change:  A Study of Organizational Renewal in Government
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Making Sense of Change Management: A Complete Guide to the Models, Tools & Techniques of Organizational Change
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Managing Change and Transition
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Good to Great - Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't
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Transforming Public and Nonprofit Organizations: Stewardship for Leading Change
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The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth with Innovation
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Leading Strategic Change: Bridging Theory and Practice
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Change 2.0: Beyond Organizational Transformation
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Organizational Identity in Practice
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Strategic Organizational Change: A Practitioner's Guide for Managers and Consultants

 

CHANGE IN LABOR UNIONS

Organizational Change - Labor Unions - Selected Books

EDUCATION PAPERS

A Closer Look at Charter Schools Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling EXCERPT - Nat Cent. for Ed Stats

full document available here

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A Powerful Merit Pay System for Teachers Based on Skill - Greg Schmitz

*this link provides the article with a seven day free trial *

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Alternative Teacher Education Programs - Article 9 - Jo Lynn Suell & Chris Piotrowski
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Aspiring Teachers Take Up Residence - Article 2 - Vaishali Honaware 2008
** full article available to subscribers**
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Baseline Statistics for Evaluation of EPIC EXCERPT - Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. 2009

full document available here

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Baseline Statistics for Evaluation EXCERPT - Mathematica Policy Research 2009

here is a link to the entire document

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Call of Duty - Article 11

** this article is available after you register**

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Characteristics Article 5 - Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secon School Districts - Nat Cent for Ed Statistics 05-06
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Cultivating the Cream of the Crop - Article 10 - Jennifer Ng & Kelli Thomas, University of Kansas
**article located in Action in Teacher Education v. 29 no. 1 (Spring 2007) p. 3-19 - the above link allows you to purchase it**
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Deconstructing Teacher Certification - Article 5 - Lawrence Baines, University of Toledo
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Do Teachers Differ by Certification Route - Article 6 - Linda Reichwein Zientek, Blinn College
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Educational Leadership - How Schools Improve A School Reclaims Itself
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Education Alliance of Washoe County - Washoe K-16 Data Profile
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Education Next PEPG Survey Public Opinion
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Education Reform - Alternative Certification - Bibliography
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Effect of School Finance Reform - Article 1 - by Thomas Downes and Mona Shah 2006

** this link provides access to the above article with registration on publisher's site**

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Efficacy of Alternative Teacher Certification - Article 3 - Lynn Suell & Chris Piotrowski

** the above link allows access to this article with a seven day free trial**

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Fund the Child Excerpt - By Public Impact - University of Dayton March 2008
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Graduating America - Meeting the Challenge of Low Graduation-Rate High Schools
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Insights into Alternative Certification - Article 1 - Daniel Humphrey & Margorie Wechsler, SRI Int'l
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Mapping Nevada's Educational Progress 2008 - US Dept. of Education
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Measuring Charter Effectiveness Across States - Booker, Chaplin & Isenberg, Mathematica Policy Research 2008
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Narrowing in on Educational Resources - Article 4 - Sarah Archibald, University of Wisconsin 2006

** this link provides access to the above article with registration**

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One State Two State - Article 3 - Darrell Meece, Teacher Prep. Acad., University of TN 2008
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Performance Pay for Teachers - Clive Belfield & John Heywood
**purchase or subscription required at the above site for this article**
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Performance Pay in Houston - Center for Educator Compensation Program 2008
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Photo Finish Article 12
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Recruiting Future Science & Mathematics Teachers - Article 4 - Abell, Boone, Arbaugh, Lannin, Beilfuss, Volkmann & White
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Revenues - Article 6 - National Center for Ed Statistics, FY 2006
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School Voucher Programs - What Research Says About Parental School Choice - Patricia Wolf 2008
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School Vouchers of Choice or Charter Schools
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Teacher's Not Certified - Article 13 - Sharilyn Steadman & John Simmons 2007

** the above link provides you with the article for a small fee.  You can also read a synopsis here.**

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Teacher Performance Pay - CPRE Policy Briefs 2007
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Ten Schools and School Districts to Get Excited About - Douglas Doblar
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Texas State Level Pay for Performance Programs - Center for Educator Compensation Reform 2007
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The Alternative Route - Article 8 - Christopher Nagy and Ning Wang
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The Cost of Mentoring - Article 7 - Sharilyn Steadman & John Simmons

** the above link gives you access to this article with online library registration**

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The Determinates of Education Expenditures - Article 2 - Raquel Fernandez & Richard Rogerson
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The Harlem Miracle - David Brooks 2009
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06-19-09 WSJ Article - Catch'em Young, James Heckman 2006

NPRI PAPERS

Nevada Policy Research Institute 2009 - Facts K-12 Education
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NPRI - Failure Is No Longer An Options, Gibbons and Ladner 2009
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NPRI - Horsford Buckley
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NPRI - How About Them Apples
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NPRI - Invested In Mediocrity July 7 2009
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NPRI - Minorities Need Not Apply
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NPRI - Moving On Up
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NPRI - Reform Social Promotion - 3rd Grade Retention
** this is a power point presentation, you can read more about this by clicking here **
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NPRI - Spending For Spending's Sake
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NPRI - NV Ranks 19th for Teacher Pay, AFT 2007

view the full 2007 survey here

EDUCATIONAL REFORM PAPERS

La Gatta Nevada Education Association Information
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2 Schools Bloomberg Started Cited for Poor Performance, Elissa Gootman 2009
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A New Effort to Remove Bad Teachers, Elissa Gootman 2007
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Bad Schools Bad Teachers
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Bibliography - Education Reform - Expenditures
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Chicago's Renaissance 2010 Building on School Reform, Arne Duncan
** links to library site - register for free membership to view this article**
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Chicago's Renaissance 2010 The Small Schools Movement Meets the Ownership Society, William Ayers & Michael Klonsky
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Making Sense of School Sanctioning Policies in Urban High Schools, Anagnostopoulos & Rutledge

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Ohio Goes After Charter Schools That Are Failing, Sam Dillon 2007
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Three Schools Are Told They Will Be Shut Down, Javier Hernandez 2008
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 1 - Characteristics of CA School Districts in Program Improvement, Crane, Wei Huang, Derby 2008
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 2 - Title I Weighted Grants Skewed Towards Largest Districts, Rural School and Comm. Trust
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 3 - Small School Governance in Texas Practices & Challenges with 500 or Less . ., Snider & Goldsmith
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 4 - Is Bigger Better - A Comparison of Rural School Districts, Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 5 - Characteristics of Arizona School Districts in Improvement, Not Center
for Education Evaluation & Reg. Assistance
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 6 - Special Challenges for the No Child Left Behind Act
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article7 - Many Schools, One Complex Measure, James Kedro & William Short, 2004
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 8 - The Influence of District Size, School Size and Society . ., Martin Abbott
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 9 - School District Organ in So. Carolina Evaluating Performance and Fiscal 2003
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 10 - Size, Excellence and Equity A Report on Arkansas School . . ., Jerry Johnson
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 11 - Big Trouble Solving Education Problems Means Rethinking . . ., David Cox
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 12 - Small Works in Arkansas, How Povery and Size . . .
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 13 - School District Size and School Performance Rural Ed, Craig Howley
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 14 - The Influence of District Characteristics on Intra-District Resource Allocation, Burke & White **permission requested from the editor**
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Education Reform - School District Size - Article 15 - A New Kind of School District How Local Leaders Can Create . . ., Bryan Hassel
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Education Reform - School District Size - Bibliography - An Analysis of Florida's School Districts' Attendance Policies . . ., Ryan Turner Reardon 2008

 

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