Participatory collaboration involving multi-stakeholder engagement generates opportunities for creativity and innovation in curriculum planning, building partnerships between students, teachers, institutions, and communities. Integrating student voices at planning and design levels places students at the center of this process, where meaningful…

Considered a number of factors which operate across any type of change endeavor at any level which ultimately influence the success of an innovative effort. In this case these factors are the level of public and student sentiment. (Author/RK)

A significant measure of the gradual progress in relating social work education to the racial and ethnic communities in the United States is the development of ethnic content and materials to be incorporated into the curriculum of schools of social work. The process of incorporating ethnic curriculum content generates the process of further…

The Maryland Education Microcomputer Network and Marynet are electronic systems that focus on informal resource exchanges for individuals interested in curriculum applications of microcomputers in pre-school through twelfth grade and in teacher education. The network is free to all Maryland citizens involved with the mission of the schools. Others…

This book takes a broad look at the school today and offers a long term approach to the problem of school improvement by dividing the improvement process into three stages: refinement, renovation, and redesign. The book is divided into five major parts: (1) "Setting the Stage"; (2) "Establishing the Process"; (3) "Stage One: Refining the School";…

This yearbook focuses on the issue of opening the society for all people, particularly for those who have not been properly represented heretofore. Part 1 reviews some of the progress made toward an open society during the past two decades. It delineates the exasperatingly slow but important gains that have been registered since the Supreme Court…

Through a series of sequential statements, the booklet reconstructs the development of the Individualized Instruction in Family Living Project. Intended for elementary and secondary level students, the project's main objectives are: (1) to improve student self-image and understanding; (2) to acquaint students with value clarification; and (3) to…