In this report, the author attempts to (1) report the findings of an informal research survey concerning the perceptions of a sample of professional and lay personnel in Kentucky in regard to what they believe to be the inhibitors of change in education; and (2) extrapolate the sense of the findings into some generalizations regarding what might constitute the major obstacles to be overcome in an accelerated effort to obtain better synchronization between the needs of education and the programs of schools. The study makes the assumption that the extent to which school districts are attempting to improve communications and engage in major experimentation is positively correlated with the attack on removing or circumventing all other barriers to educational change. Survey results, reported in tabular form, provide (1) information concerning the frequency of innovations in each Title III region; (2) innovations related to the expansion or modification of existing curriculum content, staff development and utilization, instructional methods, school reorganization, evaluation and planning, student grouping, student services, learning centers, audiovisual services, extracurricular activities, and programs for specific types of students; and (3) a summary of one school's method of communicating information about innovations to professional personnel and to the community. (Author/DN)