This discussion of collection management techniques emphasizes planning, collection strategies, and active selection. It is argued that policies and methodologies for applying collection management principles to reference collections are needed, and briefly describes the recently created Collection Development and Evaluation Section of the…

Describes an application-specific hypertext system designed to facilitate and capture policy and design discussions. The discussion includes an introduction to the Issue Based Information Systems (IBIS) method; a description of this graphical IBIS (gIBIS) tool; an example of a gIBIS interaction; and thoughts about future research. (13 references)…

Reports on a study in which 31 Canadian school teachers were interviewed relative to their participation on curriculum development committees. Discusses 6 factors related to teacher interest or lack of interest in participation on such committees. Finds that opinion of committee work is negative and is likely to discourage participation. (KO)

This article explores the contributions of professionalism to school accountability in the context of a new phenomenon in American education: the professional development school. (IAH)

A search for a new superintendent that involves school employees and community members gives everyone who took part a vested interest in seeing the new superintendent succeed. Offers advice about using public meetings and advisory committees in the superintendent search. (MLF)

The paper presents a case study illustrating approaches used to teach the facilitators of a 27-year-old woman with severe cognitive disabilities. Facilitator instruction involved a general inservice, participation in the assessment and goal setting process, individual instruction in interaction strategies, and followup instruction to review goals…

A survey of 100 regular classroom teachers found that teacher participation in the mainstreaming process, rather than availability of specific classroom modifications, was an important factor in their accepting elementary-age handicapped students into their classrooms. Of the modifications surveyed, most desired were reduced class size, support…

Briefly reviews the concept of multitype library networking and past attempts at large scale library cooperation, and describes the events that led to the establishment of the California Library Networking Task Force. The three stages anticipated in network development--services, structure, and funding and transition--are outlined, and the current…

The deregulation of education is examined as a potential solution to the need for educational reform in the United States. One potential solution is conditional deregulation, a radical and unique reform measure that offers schools less regulation in return for more public accountability. (SI)

Describes how the concept of program evaluation (focusing on relevance and feasibility) was incorporated into the development of a two-year English for specific purposes course at an African university. The evaluation scheme's inclusion of formative and summative evaluation allowed for increased communication, participation, and flexibility among…

Urges administrators to promote positive social change within the school through pedagogies that are responsive to learners' diverse needs, curricula that are relevant to a variety of backgrounds, naturalistic forms of evaluation based on pluralistic concepts of intelligence, staffing that is reflective of schools' communities, and consultive…

Discusses three myths which impede the self-definition of early childhood professionals. The myths focus on the hierarchical model of power, career ladders, and lifestyles that exclude other commitments. (RJC)

A description and definition of the type of negotiation currently occurring among teachers, administrators, and boards of education for long-range school improvement programs includes guidelines for negotiating and a detailed agenda that can be used as a model for reaching shared agreements. (CB)

Academic senates remain an important feature of higher education governance even though they have been criticized as being ineffective. Senates are examined from the perspective of alternative organizational models, and it is suggested that the functions of the senate are best understood by considering colleges as symbolic systems. (Author/MLW)

Defines school-based management (SBM) as a program adopted by schools or school districts to improve education by increasing school staff autonomy in making building-level decisions. Analyzes SBM's key objectives, benefits, and limitations. Budget, curriculum, and staffing decisions are commonly decentralized under SBM. Staff communication is…