This article describes the system of monitoring district instructional-reform efforts and the influences of the system on teachers and school and district leaders in Duval County, Florida. First, the author offers a brief description of the snapshot system. Second, the study's design, data sources, and analytic methods are presented. Third, the…

This article describes a project in which first-year administrators in Pinellas County, Fla., were members of a professional development cadre. The major purpose of the study was to determine the problems encountered by first-year assistant principals. During cadre meetings, participants were encouraged to record in journals and discuss with their…

This report provides a detailed description and analysis of the ESEA Title 5 Regional Curriculum Project undertaken by Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The ultimate purpose of the project was to find ways of strengthening the instructional leadership roles of the six participating State departments of…

Educational Progress in Careers (EPIC), Inc., was organized (1) to develop and validate a system for evaluating career, economic, and community education projects in Florida schools and to assist educators and school district administrators in assessing the status of career, economic, and community education programs; (2) to develop valid data…

The primary purpose of a project was to describe the dynamics of attitude and behavior change with implications for vocational education. Secondary purposes were to determine and document efforts of various states and agencies relating to sex equity and to formulate a series of recommendations concerning equity programs in vocational education in…