The Center for School Success (CSS) at New Visions for Public Schools was founded in 1999 to document and disseminate innovative educational practices demonstrated by New Visions' schools that hold promise for increasing student achievement throughout New York City. Over the first year, CSS concentrated its initial documentation efforts on…

This paper evaluates the effects of federal initiatives in educational technology in elementary and secondary education over the past half-century. While federal resources have been diluted across many programs, this paper focuses on the few initiatives in which the federal role was substantial and integral. The findings from this paper have…

This report, produced jointly by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Center for American Progress, and Frederick M. Hess of the American Enterprise Institute, is a call to action in response to how poorly states measured up on key indicators of educational innovation. The report is the first-ever attempt to evaluate the innovation gap in American…

Until recently, qualitative research has made limited use of visual sources, particularly visual texts (drawing, painting or photographs), but also including multimodal data (video and web-based) and visual data (tables, graphs, charts, etc.). Thus, discussions of ethics and evidence in this area have lagged behind those related to textual data,…

In 1990, the work of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) focused on restructuring learning--fundamentally changing the relationship among student, teacher, knowledge, and other students in ways that support the development of higher order learning for all students. This publication is part of CCSSO's effort to support attempts to…

The open classroom is evaluated in terms of its legitimacy as a concept and is found wanting. The need for appropriate levels of conceptualization is stressed, and guidelines for developing such levels are offered. (Editor/RK)

The thrust of this paper is to focus on a possible method of fostering research independence and competence in undergraduate psychology students. Particular emphasis is given to undergraduate research conferences as an educational tool. (Author/RM)

Changes in clientele, course offerings, accreditation procedures, and classroom locations head the list of trends affecting the evolution of postsecondary education in the United States. (Author)

This article reviews the Leicestershire School, its development under Sir William Brockington and Stewart C. Mason, and the non-competitive atmosphere and non-subject oriented curriculum which characterize the school. Its use in England, and use and misuse in America are discussed. (TK)

This article describes in detail the objectives and components of the Peoria Teacher Education Center, which is a collaborative arrangement between Illinois State University and the Peoria Public School System. (JA)

Describes the Navy's Program for Afloat College Education (PACE) administered by Chapman College for Western Pacific ships. (PG)

Maharishi International University, a 4-year liberal arts college with a student body of under 500, is a university dedicated to the propagation of transcendental meditation. (Author/PG)

An analysis of some of the problems and potential solutions to inadequate nonpublic school participation in the Title III program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). (EH)

Educators participating in school improvement efforts are likely to follow one of three paths toward implementation of changes, and the most successful projects cut across all three, according to two recent studies. The three processes parallel the three perspectives adopted in research on innovation: technical, emphasizing a rational approach to…