This publication offers a brief overview and description of the Educational Management Project, a comprehensive inservice program for educational administrators that was developed by the Tucson Public Schools. A series of short sections discusses all the project's major facets, including its target population, its general approach, its structure,…

This publication discusses a school evaluation model developed by the Center for New Schools (CNS) for use in evaluating Cleveland's New School. Section 1 describes three key principles that underlie the CNS model and discusses the rationale behind each of those principles. The three principles include (1) facilitating community participation in…

During the 1972-1973 year the Leadership Training Institute (LTI) implemented a variety of program activities to improve training skills, to assess needs, and to package certain products for dissemination to the profession in general. Specific activities included training sessions, on-site visits, development of instructional materials, and…

Describes the experimental project of the Baltimore City Public Schools to prevent development of learning disabilities and to reduce the number of school dropouts within the population identified as educationally disadvantaged. (Author/MB)

An analysis of the disappointing results of an experimental, semi-programmed government course is reported. (Author/KM)

This is an annual report of science education research undertaken in Sweden in 1976. It includes reports on work done by government commissions and projects of national boards, a brief review of projects reported on in Swedish journals, and a report on recent trends in Swedish science education research and future plans. (BB)

This article argues that the failure of meaningful educational reform in Germany is largely a result of the weak performance of educational administrators, which is in turn a result of the absence of formal training for educational administrators. The author first reviews the present state of teacher education in Germany and notes that in 1977…

This publication offers a brief description of the content and instructional methods used during the three years of the Educational Management Project's inservice programs for educational administrators in the Tucson Public Schools. The discussion is organized into three sections that focus in turn on the activities and results of each of the…

The development of external studies programs in higher education, utilizing instructional design technology, is hypothesized to require the interaction of faculty content experts and curriculum specialists in a special type of development process. A model is proposed to include: (1) delineation of individual roles, (2) specification of the…

A program geared toward students in grades 4 through 8 is described. It integrates information about alcohol use and abuse into the existing curriculum. (KC)

Describes the College for Living program that helps mentally retarded adults learn the skills of independent living. (IRT)

This article describes programs which have been effective in training history teaching assistants (TA's). Practical ideas and suggestions which history departments can implement for the professional development of TA's are included. (Author/RM)