Increasing true powers helps a teacher manage a classroom more effectively, minimizing behavioral problems, and maximizing learning. Personal and professional powers are described, and strategies to increase these powers are outlined. Included is a questionnaire which teachers can use to evaluate their "power potential." (IAH)

Examines teacher perceptions of teaching conditions and school environment in four geographically diverse, rural high schools identified as "effective schools." Suggests that these schools recognize teachers' achievements, give teachers a sense of empowerment, and foster community involvement. Contains 18 references. (SV)

Foremost policy watcher at the Center for the Study of Teaching, Linda Darling-Hammond analyzes the effects of state and district policies on teachers in classrooms, favors full partnership for teachers in decision-making, and points out the importance of the knowledge base for the professionalization of teaching. (TE)

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is a controversial management award program seen variously as a catalyst for organizational transformation and as a destructive influence. The core values of the program, award criteria, concerns about its impact, and implications for education are examined. (MSE)

A study explored the relative importance of three explanations for gender stratification in college administrative employment by modeling their separate and cumulative effects on increase in status, responsibility, and salary achieved with promotion. Findings indicate gender has a substantial negative impact on women's attainment, and the impact…

College faculty must know that the major administrators at their institutions value the activity of academic advising. Demonstration of a commitment to effectiveness includes using advising as part of the workload/reward system and discussing advising with other significant priorities. This forceful administrative message articulates leaders'…

Argues that, with the trend toward viewing reference librarians as information brokers and the reification and privatization of information, the traditional goals of libraries and librarianship are being lost, i.e., providing free and open access to books and information to promote informed democracy and the public good. (63 references) (EAM)

Argues that Australian inservice education policies have unintentionally controlled and deskilled teachers. Focuses on Queensland, Australia, from 1973 to 1986. Claims teacher managerial skills are emphasized over curricular and instructional skills. Contends that teachers' professional development consequently suffers. Premises arguments on…

Presents an interview with Walter Dean Myers, the 1994 recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for his novels depicting African American teenagers in urban America. Highlights include black stereotypes; writing from a black point of view; writing about a culture that's not your own; and readers identifying with characters. (LRW)

Professional librarians employed in Scottish secondary schools are intended to support delivery of the formal curriculum, equip students with information handling skills, and empower pupils to take responsibility for lifelong learning. Many librarians are not realizing this potential, in part because of tensions between the professions of…

Discusses recruitment and retention of minority faculty and staff, especially Blacks, in higher education. Recommendations for successful employment and retention of minority faculty include a higher education partnership consortium, visiting professorships and faculty exchange programs, provision of housing and other financial benefits, mentoring…

Urges seeking different sources for obtaining funds for Soviet teacher salaries. Suggests that the state fund basic curriculum with help of national/ethnic associations, parents, and concerned organizations that fund other aspects of teachers' work. Argues that raising teachers' salaries and decreasing workload to resemble average citizen's will…

Studies indicate that women college and university faculty publish much less than male faculty, their scholarly work is generally regarded as being of lower quality than that of men, they are rarely cited as having made scholarly contributions, and they continue to suffer significant disadvantages throughout their academic careers. (MSE)

Argues that the field of parks and recreation should be free of discrimination and examines the role of women in this field to discern whether the parks and recreation profession has overcome sexual discrimination in personnel management. (GLR)

Investigates the impact of job satisfaction and changing jobs among secondary school teachers in Hong Kong. Finds teachers' job satisfaction is not high, and there is a low level of commitment to their profession and schools. Also significant was dissatisfaction with the nature of the job and social prestige of teachers. (NL)