"Potemkin schools" is used as the phrase to capture what a US science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) public speciality high school becomes as a result of its institutional branding. By way of an examination of the efforts of one teacher drawn into school branding through his "inquiry-based reform" of an Advanced Chemistry course,…

Describes and evaluates a program in Papua New Guinea which was undertaken by the government to develop a national educational system to work toward unity and nationhood after the country became independent from Australia in 1975. (DB)

Describes a study which examined teacher self-evaluation programs in British school districts. Questionnaires were sent to local education authorities (LEAs) to determine the extent to which the authorities were becoming involved in program development and to investigate the processes by which LEAs created their guidelines for teachers. (AM)