Clearinghouse on Educational Policy and Management College of Education · University of Oregon

		ERIC/CEM Digests Two pages in length, ERIC Digests present concise information in a question-and-answer format followed by a list of references. Click on the title to read the full text of the Digest, or use the form below to search for keywords or phrases. Although the Digests are available at no charge online, you may also order paper copies. You may also wish to visit the US Department of Education's ERIC Digests Page to search the full text of ERIC Digests from all ERIC Clearinghouses. Many ERIC Digests are also available translated into: Deutsch Español Browse ERIC Digest 173 - Finding Leaders for Hard-to-Staff Schools ERIC Digest 172 - Improving Principal Evaluation ERIC Digest 171 - Afterschool Programs ERIC Digest 170 - Inducting School Leaders ERIC Digest 169 - The Mandate To Help Low-Performing Schools ERIC Digest 168 - Performance-Driven Budgeting: The Example of New York City's Schools ERIC Digest 167 - Scientifically Based Research ERIC Digest 166 - Time and Learning ERIC Digest 165 - Transforming Principal Preparation ERIC Digest 164 - The Effects of Competition on Educational Outcomes ERIC Digest 163 - Using School Board Policy To Improve Student Achievement ERIC Digest 162 - Trends in School Leadership ERIC Digest 161 - The Superintendent in an Age of Accountability ERIC Digest 160 - Developing Instructional Leaders ERIC Digest 159 - P-16 Education ERIC Digest 158 - Commercialism in Schools ERIC Digest 157 - Engaging the Community To Support Student Success ERIC Digest 156 - School Calendars ERIC Digest 155 - Preventing Bullying ERIC Digest 154 - Schools Within Schools ERIC Digest 153 - Data Inquiry and Analysis for Educational Reform ERIC Digest 152 - Incentives for Accountability ERIC Digest 151 - Homeschooling ERIC Digest 150 - Educational Indicators ERIC Digest 149 - Principal Mentoring ERIC Digest 148 - Uniforms and Dress-Code Policies ERIC Digest 147 - Retaining Principals ERIC Digest 146 - Zero-Tolerance Policies ERIC Digest 145 - Newer Technologies for School Security ERIC Digest 144 - Safer Schools Through Environmental Design ERIC Digest 143 - How Schools Allocate and Use Their Resources ERIC Digest 142 - Alternative Teacher Compensation ERIC Digest 141 - New Patterns of School Governance ERIC Digest 140 - Evaluating the Results of Whole-School Reform ERIC Digest 139 - Profiling Students for Violence ERIC Digest 138 - Standards: The Policy Environment ERIC Digest 137 - Educational Vouchers ERIC Digest 136 - Capitalizing on Small Class Size ERIC Digest 135 - Becoming a Technologically Savvy Administrator ERIC Digest 134 - Sexual Misconduct by School Employees ERIC Digest 133 - Conducting a Principal Search ERIC Digest 132 - The Fundamentals of School Security ERIC Digest 131 - School-Based Budgeting ERIC Digest 130 - Holding Schools Accountable for Achievement ERIC Digest 129 - Equity and Adequacy in Educational Finance ERIC Digest 128 - Implementing Whole-School Reform ERIC Digest 127 - Performance Contracts for Administrators ERIC Digest 126 - Peer Review of Teachers ERIC Digest 125 - Student Truancy ERIC Digest 124 - Whole-School Reform ERIC Digest 123 - Implementing Looping ERIC Digest 122 - Mistakes Educational Leaders Make ERIC Digest 121 - Creating a Learning Organization ERIC Digest 120 - Teacher Morale ERIC Digest 119 - School Productivity ERIC Digest 118 - Charter Schools ERIC Digest 117 - Student Dress Codes ERIC Digest 116 - Expectations for Students ERIC Digest 115 - Measuring Leadership Potential ERIC Digest 114 - Building Support for Multiage Education ERIC Digest 113 - School Size ERIC Digest 112 - Education Reform and Students at Risk ERIC Digest 111 - Schools as Communities ERIC Digest 110 - Visionary Leadership ERIC Digest 109 - Data-Driven School Improvement ERIC Digest 108 - The Limits of Shared Decision-Making ERIC Digest 107 - Ethical Leadership ERIC Digest 106 - Can Cutbacks Leave School Programs Viable? ERIC Digest 105 - The Strategies of a Leader ERIC Digest 104 - Block Scheduling ERIC Digest 103 - Work Teams in Schools ERIC Digest 102 - Communication Skills ERIC Digest 101 - Integrative Education ERIC Digest 100 - Priority on Learning: Efficient Use of Resources ERIC Digest 99 - School-Based Management ERIC Digest 98 - Can Instructional Leaders Be Facilitative Leaders? ERIC Digest 97 - Implementing the Multiage Classroom ERIC Digest 96 - Facilitative Leadership ERIC Digest 95 - Home Schooling ERIC Digest 94 - School Violence Prevention ERIC Digest 93 - What's Right with Schools ERIC Digest 92 - Student Motivation to Learn ERIC Digest 91 - Leadership for School Culture ERIC Digest 90 - Systemic Education Reform ERIC Digest 89 - School-Site Councils ERIC Digest 88 - Community Coalitions to Restructure Schools ERIC Digest 87 - Shared Decision-Making ERIC Digest 86 - Risk Management ERIC Digest 85 - Outcome-Based Education ERIC Digest 84 - The Changing Role of School Boards ERIC Digest 83 - Poverty and Learning ERIC Digest 82 - Deteriorating School Facilities and Student Learning ERIC Digest 81 - Standards for Student Performance ERIC Digest 80 - Substance Abuse Policy ERIC Digest 79 - Peer and Cross-Age Tutoring