Zeichner, a teacher educator specializing in multicultural and moral education, discusses his educational background and his continuous efforts to raise the issues of equity and social justice to students preparing to become teachers. He explains the importance of reflective teaching and action research which emphasize respect for the teacher.…

Recent study of emergent collaborative bargaining processes in several urban school districts charts typical bumpy progression from wrangling to genuine cooperative problem solving among teachers, administrators, and unions. Rules of power game change when one party makes first move toward open communication and trust building, when teachers and…

Survey based on personal/interpersonal and institutional barriers to site-based management identified by Mutchler and Duttweiler (1989) was sent to school board presidents and public school administrators in 54 centrally organized South Dakota districts. Majority of responding board presidents did not view these barriers as implementation…

Some school systems are taking fresh approaches to school change, experimenting with using teams within school as change vehicles, rather than relying on innovative individuals or attempting to convert whole faculty at once. Principal is usually a key team member. Established practices are usually challenged once a team has been built and charged…

Discusses a case study connected with research into the introduction of school development plans commissioned by Warwickshire (England) Local Education Authority. Illustrates the time, energies, and tensions experienced by key actors involved in fusing the centrality of pupils' learning with the business of post-Education Reform Act management.…

Describes a major New Zealand research project testing various strategies designed to develop meaningful partnerships between caregivers and teachers. Four field officers (developers) from the Curriculum Review Action Unit of the Ministry of Education were responsible for facilitating developments within four clusters of six to eight schools…

Recounts a fictitious high school's steps to build support for whole school change. To create a framework for change, Farragut High developed a vision statement of organization characteristics and a profile of current school characteristics and assembled people to coordinate the change process. A hands-on leadership role for the principal was…

Highlights several articles with relevance for outcomes accreditation, focusing on the education and power of superintendents, reasons for the failure of school reform efforts, the value of educational research, educational leadership, principals' perceptions of educational reform, teacher conflicts/participation in shared decision making,…

Discusses the role of education in creating the political understanding and activism necessary for challenging the pattern of industrial development adopted by socialist and capitalist economies which has caused unprecedented physical and ecological damage to the planet. Examines the potential of educational structures in Third World regions…

Summarizes results of an in-depth study of 25 elementary and middle schools in 11 districts in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Some schools were actively restructuring; others were going through the motions of school-based management with little instructional change. The most successful SBM plans were those that empowered new decision…

After 1987, Gorbachev's initiatives provoked strong educator discord over the extent of desirable national education policy change and the rewriting of the nation's history. Classroom teachers and low-level administrators pushed for greater decision-making authority at lower levels. By 1989, these differences had settled into a pattern of ongoing,…

This article describes efforts in Colorado to develop collaborative relationships among educators to better meet needs of students with disabilities. The article stresses the importance of developing common understanding, developing a full array of services within the delivery system, and addressing school scheduling issues. (JDD)

To implement shared governance, 24 Georgia schools joined with the University of Georgia's Program for School Improvement (PSI) to form the League of Professional Schools. This article explains how staff at participating schools overcame the complexities of the new system by communicating openly and breaking issues down into small parts. (MLH)

Defines school-based management as a form of school district organization based on internal growth and development, rather than outside expertise. Roving leadership, an exciting alternative to top-down management, is issue-oriented and shifts responsibility according to key individuals' specific talents, skills, and abilities. Benefits are…

Technology cannot resolve instructional problems unless teachers are involved in the technology decision-making process. To be truly empowered, educators must perform curriculum, student, and community needs analyses; determine curricular objectives; develop district and school plans; provide cooperative teacher training prior to initiation; and…