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Peer reviewedCohen, Michael – Society, 1989
Recommends restructuring of schools to foster more effective learning and development of higher order thinking skills. Emphasizes instructional strategies, teachers' roles and responsibilities, and accountability. (FMW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Clinchy, Evans – Equity and Choice, 1989
Describes the plan to decentralize all public schools in Chicago (Illinois). The following unique features are discussed: (1) local school councils governing each school; (2) principals' responsibilities; (3) central school board's role; (4) specific school and system goals. (FMW)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Role, Community Control, Decentralization
Thomas, R. Murray – 1990
In October 1989, the government of New Zealand responded to results of a 1987-88 study on school management by passing legislation that shifted control of education from a central bureaucracy to local boards of trustees. Using a question-answer format, this document presents a model of the decentralization process as it analyzes the 1989 plan in…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Change Strategies
Download full textde Lone, Richard H. – 1985
Schools working in cooperation with business can reduce the number of youth at risk of long-term unemployment if teachers and school administrators are willing to learn from research developed outside the field of public education and if schools are substantially restructured to meet student needs. A review of the literature of labor economics and…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement, Employment Patterns
Tasmanian Education Dept., Hobart (Australia). – 1988
In 1983 the Australian Commonwealth Government announced its new Participation and Equity Program (PEP). To allow schools to focus on new directions, substantial amounts of money were allocated to the states through the PEP so that they could develop programs that focus on nine major areas: (1) curriculum; (2) assessment, accreditation, and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Gregory, Thomas B.; Smith, Gerald R. – 1987
Urging new directions for American high school education, this book outlines problems with contemporary high schools and describes the experience of small high schools (those having approximately 200 students), designed in the past 15 years, that have developed excellent and diverse alternative programs within the constraints of existing district…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demonstration Programs, Differences, Educational Change
Klapper, Michael H.; And Others – 1991
This document explores the mission, goals, and underlying philosophy of the National Center for Science Teaching and Learning (NCSTL). The reform of the U.S. educational system, especially in the area of science education, will require a thorough examination of noncurricular, external factors affecting science education. In order to bring about…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Educational Change
