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Peer reviewedAlexander, Linda B.; Smith, Robert C.; Carey, James O. – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Discusses the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 and the role of school library media specialists. Focuses on principals' perceptions of media specialists in five categories: information literacy; collaboration, leadership, and technology; learning and teaching; information access and delivery; and program administration; and suggests that…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Shannon, Donna M. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1996
To gauge their feelings about the first five years under the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), school library media specialists were asked how professional roles and programs had changed, how library media programs supported specific KERA strands, and how continuing education or professional development activities had been helpful. Includes…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Change, Librarian Attitudes, Media Specialists
Baldwin, Fred – Appalachia, 1994
Forward in the Fifth is an organization created to improve the quality of education in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District, which had the lowest percentage of high school graduates in America. The organization has employed innovative ways to involve the whole community, resulting in widespread cooperation, as well as increased graduation rates…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Environment
