The revision of the standard accounts of the development of education in this country casts grave doubts on the benign motives of our educational leaders and reformers. This article is an example of such revisions. (Editor)

Explores the impact of the Central Office Staff (COS) on educational decisionmaking in a medium-sized city from an insider's'' perspective and sets forth several testable hypotheses. (Author)

In a variety of unnoticed ways, the hidden curriculum pervades teacher/student relationships and frustrates the goal of humanistic education. (Author)

What appears to be new conceptions in education may really be a new package with a new name, containing the same old product. (Author/MB)

A theory of occupational socialization was developed and tested with a sample of teachers and school administrators. Socialization within and organizational setting is presented as a power process in which the 'significant other' is the person having the greatest ability to control organizational sanctions." (Author/SE)

Focus is the measurement of power at the community level considering the social organizational context. (SE)

Suggests several research needs related to conflict management in universities, which could be met by students of public administration. (JH)

Emphasizes the need for maintaining managerial authority based on subordinates' belief in the relevant expertness, power or normativeness of management. Organizational evaluation data can enhance or diminish these bases of managerial authority in a variety of ways, making management dependent for its authority on evaluation. (Author/WAS)

Much of the chaos in public school curriculum is a result of issues concerned with authority and governance in curriculum development. Mandates by federal courts, Congressional legislation, state courts, and contracts with professional employees impact on decisions of local education authorities. Needed changes in the structure of curriculum…