Organizational development (OD) can be of value as a professional development tool in the school, especially where it can broaden the perspective of the teacher so that he can conceptualize the school as an organization with various related units working to achieve the same goal, see more clearly his place in the total educational program of the…

The symposium papers presented in this publication are based on a continuing program of research in ten rural school districts. The program, "Project Rural," is part of the Experimental Schools program, which emphasizes a holistic approach to educational change--one requiring simultaneous change in curriculum, staff development, community…

This short pamphlet discusses the use of teacher centers to provide inservice education as a mechanism of change in American education. It begins by examining what teachers expect from inservice education and from teacher centers. It then looks at the teacher center movement in the United States and explores its historical roots. The different…

For four years the California State University and Colleges attempted to encourage new approaches to instruction that would provide students with increased options in their educational programs and opportunities for faculty to test and develop their ideas for improving the quality of instruction. A number of different learning and teaching…

This document presents proposals for future change at Wellesley. Two categories of change include the faculty and administration agencies and programs of instruction. Two agencies are proposed in the faculty and administration: the committee on educational research and development and the director of educational research. Changes in the program of…

This conference report is organized to follow the conference schedule and includes edited versions of three papers, as well as of the final plenary session. The paper by Suzanne Wiggins Helburn is titled "Trends and Issues in Teacher Education in Colorado" and summarizes the trends which were indicated by a survey of the state programs.…

The San Jose Teacher Involvement Project (TIP), funded by the National Institute of Education and managed by the California Teachers Association and the San Jose Teachers Association, focused on the development of decision-making skills of classroom teachers. Describes its objectives and how its results can be shared by other school districts.…

Discusses planning for those in higher education and presents a model for such planning. (Author/RK)

Provides an account of the experience of St. Jane de Chantal School (Maryland) in developing and integrating a computer into its curriculum. Focuses on benefits of computer literacy for students and teachers and the spirit of cooperation fostered within the school and with the larger community. Projects the future applications of computers in…

This issue of the NCEDL Spotlight Series newsletter adds California and Ohio to a re-analysis of findings from an earlier report looking at the move to establish a state pre-kindergarten program for 4-year-olds in Georgia, Illinois, New York, South Carolina, and Texas. Key figures in political and educational circles in these seven states were…

This booklet outlines Mississippi's plan for raising student achievement. It discusses how Mississippi tried to avoid the problems that other states encountered when they tried to raise standards without strengthening core educational components, such as curriculum and teacher support. Mississippi called on hundreds of teachers to rewrite the…

StarTEC (Staff, Teacher, and Restructured Technology Education Consortium) was a 3-year technology catalyst program funded by the U.S. Department of Education, and continued for a third year to complete its activities. The goal of StarTEC was to ensure that all teachers prepared by partners in the Consortium would meet the new California standard…

Six urban school districts (Chattanooga, Tennessee, Corpus Christi, Texas, Long Beach, California, Louisville, Kentucky, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and San Diego, California) have been pursuing standard-based reform at the middle school level accepting systemic reform as the norm. This report provides descriptions of their approaches, and commentary…

This booklet, part of a series on "hot topics" in education, advances the premises that student differences exist and that these differences can influence the way students learn. It is also assumed that there are measures schools and teachers can take that will improve the likelihood that students succeed in school. Among the issues that must be…

Many low-performing high schools find it difficult to implement effective action plans because research is lacking and policy options are limited. Committees comprised of all major stakeholding groups, including administrators, teachers, counselors, support personnel, parents, and community members should be formed by schools to oversee every step…