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…

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 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)

Examines the assumptions we make about child development and childrearing in our own society in the light of China's educational theory and practice. Looks at natural egocentricism, fantasy and play, early learning based upon cognitive and emotional needs, child-mother relationships, and the role of the family in childrearing. (Author/RK)

Provides a survey of the framework of studies and curricula of selected new universities in England suggesting that they have been, in general, successful in uprooting problems deeply embedded in the system of British higher education. (Author/RK)

Proposes an integrated program of changes in the educational system to implement a true equality of opportunity for Spanish-speaking Americans. (AN)