Hypothesizing that metaphoric portrayals of students as consumers/customers should cause consternation, this paper constitutes a pragmatic examination of metaphor and focuses on how the choice of metaphors implicates policies and practices. It begins by tracing the philosophical development of the description of students as consumers/customers,…

This paper documents the journey of a professional developer engaged and trained to support the implementation of a literacy innovation in an urban school district. The innovation, First Steps, is a systematic organization of best practices linking assessment and instruction, supported by an ongoing program of school-based professional…

This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1901 through December 1901. Among the topics covered in this volume are: current events, editorial notes and comments, educational experiments, quarterly meeting of the Protestant Committee, the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers,…

Author cautions educators to be realistic in their assessment of school needs and to be discriminating in the innovations they choose to implement. (Editor)

New math attempted to achieve better performance through greater understanding; but it has not done as good a job of achieving this goal for the middle 60 percent and lowest 20 percent of the students as it has for the top 20 percent. Current objectives need to be reworked and revised. (Author/WM)

The New York Theological Seminary combines workshops and courses to develop practical experience in the ministry. The seminary offers a one-year internship program for urban ministry, a Urban Year Master's Program, and a training workshop for store front preachers in community leadership. (PG)

A brief look at Planning-Programing-Budgeting Systems, which are sound principles of decision-making and problem-solving, with illustrations of their application to persons serving in various roles throughout the school system. (Author/HB)

Considers a new approach to education, one which focused on the anthropological discipline. (Author/RK)

The pressures of reality dictate a change in the concept of the isolated, self-contained classroom. A strategy for change is suggested based upon the analysis of three critical areas which comprise the schools' structure: packaging, communications, and physical facilities. (CS)

Authors interviewed a leading educational figure in Britain on developments in their experiment in higher education, the Open University. (RK)

Article describes a model that serves to enhance the role teachers can play in their attempts to gain greater status, salary increases, and job satisfaction. (RK)

The authors were intrigued by James B. Conant's view of change and wished to relate his perspective to the advancement of practical knowledge within the field of education. (Author/RK)

Discusses the educational changes at Pius XI High School in Milwaukee and the improvement through innovation. (GB)

The Knitting, Lace and Net Industry Training Board has developed a training innovation called fault diagnosis training. The entire training process concentrates on teaching based on the experiences of troubleshooters or any other employees whose main tasks involve fault diagnosis and rectification. (Author/DS)

Describes a center--a highly developed play space--to teach sensory concepts (up, down, in, out, above, below, sweet, sour, hot, cold, loud, soft, and others) to blind children. (Author/JF)