This paper describes Innovation Configuration (IC) Mapping as an approach for assessing the extent of implementation of a program. An IC Map is similar metaphorically to a road map in that it summarizes different ways of getting from one point to another. Each map consists of basic units, or components, that can be made operational in a number of…

This lecture raises several points of discussion concerning principles for education success. It reinforces that the goal is success, not process. Student satisfaction, teacher satisfaction, and even parental satisfaction are byproducts, not the ultimate goal. It asserts reform and education innovation must be addressed in the context of universal…

Because of a lack of locally worked-out theory, school methods are often the wrong ones for the specific situation, says this writer. (GB)

Discusses the work of the Panel on Alternate Approaches to Graduate Education. (PG)

New York State's Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) now serve approximately 30,000 handicapped children, whose disabilities range from mild to severe. BOCES provide shared services to two or more member school districts that initiate the request when one or the other is unable to provide such services economically or efficiently…

Article was presented in the form of a story that focused on the educational development of children. (RK)

The post-World War II rehabilitation of large numbers of psychologically deprived and socially maladjusted teenaged war orphans and/or concentration camp victims in Israel was carried out within normal group structures. (Author)

Article discusses who benefits in the long run from the work of researchers or innovators in the schools. (GB)

A look at how the Trenton (New Jersey) Public Schools developed a project management system. (Author/HB)

Presents a status report on the movement toward metrification in the U.S. Outlines what Congress is doing and what various public and private groups are doing to make the changeover to metrics as efficient and painless as possible. (Author/DN)

Author proposes flexible and economical ways to offer students the new programs they want without expanding to an impossible size and going broke in the process. (Editor/PG)

Curriculum innovation in Kansas high school social studies departments replaces the traditional history courses with mini-courses which provide more varied elective experiences for students. This approach to individualization is suggested as a viable organizational innovation with important future educational implications. (SM)

The authors report a study which reviews, and evaluates in depth, the initial year of an innovative Peer Group approach to drug abuse prevention in the schools of New York City. The aim of the study was to facilitate the refinement of the program into the most effective drug prevention modality possible. (Author)

Analysis of respondents' comments to a survey measuring reactions of senior members of British education colleges to the James Report. (PG)