California provides the paradigm for lessening devastating earthquake damage in U.S. buildings. This document examines specific examples of the seismic mitigation process, a process showing that seismic retrofit in existing schools in other parts of the country are possible and could lead to more general seismic rehabilitation in other buildings.…

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.…

Chicago's public schools are getting a major face lift in a $330 million rehabilitation program. (Author/MLF)

Discusses reversing the trend of school-building deterioration and inefficient energy usage through the Rebuild America program. Explains what Rebuild America is and why schools should join the program. Also provided are overviews of successful programs involving schools. (GR)

This report provides an overview of California's current process of supporting K-12 school capital outlay, identifies its shortcomings, and offers a conceptually different approach, or blueprint, for providing state school construction support. The report also outlines a model program, consistent with this blueprint, which the state legislature…

The state of Georgia provides funds to assist local school systems in meeting their needs for public school facilities. This overview examines the implementation of Georgia's Capital Outlay and Exceptional Growth Programs initiative, its implementation, the formula used to calculate each school system's entitlement earnings under both the regular…

The Dallas Independent School District has tried to address the problems involved in providing appropriate education for diverse communities by establishing minimum long-range goals and annual objectives in priority subject areas. The Campus Level Planning Project was a program to encourage program planning at the local school level. Each…

Discusses the North Central Association's development of a program for school improvement through global education. Its intent is school improvement, including students, teachers and parents, through focused inservice training and increased awareness among participants of the global perspective essential to understanding today's world. (Author/RK)

Four programs focusing on the school-community relationship and cooperation are described. The first illustrates how a building program was initiated in a Lutheran school in south Australia. The second focuses on the nature of parent involvement in a New South Wales high school and needed changes. The third program sought to guage parent opinion…

Boards of trustees and heads of private elementary and secondary schools need to engage in some form of annual evaluation as a means of achieving greater stability in the relations between head administrators and governing boards, according to the authors. This paper briefly explores the philosophical ramifications of evaluation and outlines…

This annual report describes some of the major activities currently under way across California to implement educational reforms. The achievements described focus on raising standards in California schools, providing technical support to school districts, and charting progress at the local level through a statewide accountability program. The…

In 1986 the National Governors' Association defined the following areas of educational policy targeted for improvement: (1) leadership and management; (2) teaching; (3) parent involvement and choice; (4) readiness; (5) technology; (6) school facilities; and (7) college quality. In addition to profiling new state initiatives in each of these seven…