Summarizes results of a study of 43 Israeli teachers' reactions to teachers' curriculum guides. Fewer than half the teachers interviewed made significant use of guides. Authors' intentions, as set forth in these guides, do not reach the teaching community and are felt to convey alienation, distance, arrogance, and lack of respect. Teachers did not…

To discover whether peer coaching is altering the teacher-supervisor relationship, teachers, supervisors, and staff developers in several states were surveyed concerning principals' attitudes and motivations concerning this innovative approach. For some teachers, peer coaching seems to stimulate transformations in self-perception and relations…