Salient aspects of practices associated with doctoral-level study in the late 1950s and the late 1970s are contrasted to convey the magnitude of some of the changes in program opportunities, degree requirements, student recruitment, student evaluation, and faculty competence. Implications for teachers contemplating doctoral study are discussed.…

Student demands have brought significant innovation in the French educational system. The author comments upon the approaches which France is using in training its secondary school teachers. (Author/RK)

Considers the long-term effects and outcomes of forming school/business partnerships. Outlines the success of such programs in the state of South Carolina. Claims that South Carolina is a leader in school/business partnership and urges other states to follow suit. (HB)

Describes the difficulties involved with bringing about substantive change in schools. Claims that ancillary programs often fail to change much within schools. Advocates the critical examination of any program proposal, and lists the most valuable questions administrators must ask about proposed change. (HB)

According to the author, vocational education is an anomaly of the day, plodding along on the same track and immune to changing needs. While the charge may be sweeping, suggestions are offered for projecting this vital aspect of education into current times. (Editor)

Research reported here is a consequence of a National Institute of Education grant to study Sweden's PRYO on location. PRYO is Sweden's acronym for its Practical Work Orientation, a compulsory involvement for all 15 and 16 year olds presently contained in the nine-year comprehensive school. (Author)

In considering the use of open education to meet the needs of present and future generations, this article attempted to answer a few basic questions: 1) Why will not the old ways do? 2) Where is it all leading? 3) What are the characteristics of this new system? 4) What should this new system be like? (Author/RK)

Author considered a restructured plan for secondary education - the universal high school. (Author/RK)

Discusses three recent attempts to establish national science-education standards: "Project 2061: Science for All Americans"; the National Research Council's national standards for curriculum, teaching, and assessment; and the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. Suggests that such reform movements could provide useful direction to local…

Discusses some key current educational trends in British Columbia, including curriculum change and school reorganization, high school work experience programs, advanced placement courses, Native studies programs, and computers. (SR)

Argues that establishing special programs (for at-risk students or for other students) only delays making badly needed, dramatic, long-overdue changes in traditional practices of schooling. (SR)

Presents a conceptual framework intended to indicate the need to consider curriculum implementation, staff development, and evaluation as integrally linked in the curriculum change process and to reinforce the idea of involving teachers meaningfully. (RS)

Illustrates how effective, statewide educational reform can occur based on the Effective Schools Train-the-Trainer program implemented in South Carolina school districts. (JC)

Author is Coordinator of Middle School Teacher Education Programs at the University of Florida at Gainesville. (Editor)

Discusses the need to develop a psychological climate conducive to change in schools, the financing necessary for adequate system of research and development, and the limits research proposals should encompass to meet community needs. (RK)