The Key Learning Community in Indianapolis was the first school in the world to base its approach on the theory of multiple intelligences. Ms. Kunkel, Key's principal, reflects on the school's continuing growth and success--even in the face of pressures to standardize--and shares the history of its founding. (Contains 5 endnotes.)

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to argue that school innovation is a complex process requiring a detailed accounting of the relational activity characterising everyday innovating activity. It is further proposed that complex accounts of innovation practice that describe social factors only are insufficient. Design/methodology/approach: Using…

A discussion of the many reasons why some educational innovations fail, and suggestions for bringing about success. (Author/HB)

Article adapted from Title III "Manual of Center for Innovation of the State Education Department, Albany, New York.

This paper presents the results of a study to determine the relationships between educational innovation and certain school factors -- quality ranking, mean age of principals, length of superintendent tenure, amount of local revenue devoted to education, and district enrichment expenditure. Regression equations and explanations of report study…

This paper is in the nature of an interim report on an evaluation exercise which has run half its course. It attempts to outline the characteristics of the curriculum intervention which is being evaluated, the impact of that intervention upon the educational system, and the attempt to design an appropriate evaluation. (Author)

This article offers suggestions for homework assignments that can be enriching and educational rather than time consuming and boring. (JD)

The current pace of technological advance has provided an unprecedented opportunity to use innovative simulated tasks in computerized assessment. A primary challenge for the successful use of innovation in assessment rests with the application of sound principles of design to produce a valid assessment. An additional challenge is to maximize the…

This article reviews new instructional innovations, especially those involving educational technology, and comments on them from the perspective of community colleges. At the very least, it is argued, these innovations have tested the ingenuity of the teachers in coping with them and have shown where the problems with curriculum lie. (JA)

Seven examples of adaptation and new developments are described: Graceland College, Manchester College, Plymouth State College, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Colorado State College, North Carolina State University, and Brookdale Community College. (Editors/JA)

This approach is particularly recommended for faculty who are unsatisfied with their present programs, have reached stalemates in their efforts to make change and who are now willing to try almost anything. (1 reference) (Author)