In this collaborative study, university researchers introduced the short video clips of teaching and learning within two elementary schools; these clips were shared in site faculty meetings to encourage dialogue and collaboration. Researchers conducted pre- and post-surveys with teachers and pre- and post-interviews with principals to understand…

In this article, literacy, which is conceived of as a set of cognitive skills, is juxtaposed with a sociocultural orientation that sees literacy as a set of social practices for the production of meaning. Cognitive, skills-based pedagogies treat literacy as universal, autonomous, and independent of context, whereas sociocultural literacy…

The purpose of this research was to determine how teachers and administrators in a successful North Carolina district perceived the purpose and value of a school improvement plan (SIP) and the planning process. The SIP is the accepted best practice for school-wide improvement, and the perceptions of the purpose and value of the process…

Author offers some thoughts on curriculum revision. (RK)

Conceptual ambiguity surrounds notions of gifted and talented; justification for talent development is often linked with rejection of the term gifted. Talent development should mean identification of those who show superior natural abilities as well as aptitudes for a particular domain and emphasis on developing those special skills. (SK)

The purpose of this article is to document the relationship in institutionalized policy choice and conditions of resource availability in a selected societal subsystem, the schools. (Author)

Article consists of an answer to a question sent to a newspaper asking the identity of John Dewey, whom the inquirer noticed on a 30 cent stamp. (RK)

This article considered the state of education in a variety of European countries. (RK)

This article attempted to describe decentralization and self-management as they apply to education on the local or municipal level in Yugoslavia. (Author/RK)

An interesting perspective on the current controversies about the shortcomings of the public schools is provided by the views of the man who is the subject of this paper, Charles A. Prosser. (Editor)

Article considers some of the problems male preschool teachers have run into while attempting to perform their jobs. (Author/RK)

Discusses the recent development of the educational system in Japan, highlighting a number of serious problems plaguing the stability of the school system and the government. (RK)

Considers the current movement in bilingual education. (RK)

Article provided an examination of comments made on Soviet primary and secondary education by Western visitors of the 1920s and revealed much about the nature and purposes of Soviet education. (Author/RK)