What can today's educational leaders do to create schools that are purposeful, moral, and successful? In this book, Glickman and Mette provide a powerful set of guidelines that will lead to true school renewal. Using a practical framework for school, district, and community leaders, their roadmap replaces dependence on top-down state and federal…

This policy brief examines new ways that US public school districts are organizing and managing instruction, ways that family and community organizations can engage those efforts, and ways that states can support them in doing so. In a complex education reform landscape, understanding the different ways districts are reforming instructional…

This comprehensive strategic plan lays out a vision for an education system that offers every Rhode Island student the opportunity to be a lifelong learner. While this plan is informed by the events of the pandemic, it looks beyond to address the root issues that impede students from thriving at every level of their education. It lays out…

In recent decades, changes to the education policy landscape have made local public engagement more difficult. Among these changes are increased centralization of policy making, the rise of school choice, and mayoral and state takeovers of urban school districts. Philadelphia is at the vanguard of these changes. We discuss how community-based…

Louisville schools are changing. This is happening because of an open, responsive attitude of teachers, students, administrators and the community. However, some tension must still be alleviated. (MF)

Describes a long range planning project called "Redesign" which is now in operation in the Palo Alto Unified School District in California. (GB)

Presented a program developed by a town in Southern Santa Clara County to improve their performance in five areas of school administration: communication, needs assessment, community involvement, career education, and participatory management. (Author/RK)

Describes the organization and administration of schools in Peking. (DM)

Wright State University in Dalton, Ohio, seeks to serve and relate to the Dalton community by working toward harmony and educational renewal with the public schools. (DS)

Discusses the Education Policy Conference convened by Clark, Greene, Marburger, Roberston, Davies, Halperin, Riessman, and Sexton. Asserts that "schools can best serve the children and communities for whom schooling is synonymous with opportunity. The participatory emphasis in schools begins to build public control into that public service…

In this speech, the author suggests that the success of public schools depends heavily on commitment to and large-scale agreement on educational goals. He examines the difficulty in creating rational programs to carry out specific behavioral goals and the more remote ends usually stated for educational systems. The author then discusses the…

Educators are presently engaged in testing the hypothesis that under favorable conditions bilingual schooling will improve the education of both bilinguals and monolingual English-speaking children and at the same time contribute to a healthier society. These prerequisite favorable conditions are: a socio-economic-cultural survey of the community…

This paper sets forth the position of the Nebraska State Department of Education regarding career education in order to provide a basis for the development of additional materials and assistance which will facilitate the establishment of career education programs in Nebraska schools. Career education is viewed as a comprehensive, systematic, and…

This monograph is directed toward policy makers, parents, students, educational leaders, teachers, taxpayers and society as a whole, aiming at their involvement and the attainment of excellence in education. People living in a rapidly changing society have many expectations for education, among which are the teaching of moral and ethical values,…

Composed of educators, administrators, and laypeople, this task force proposed three general areas of recommendations for the reform of secondary education. First, citizens and parents must become more involved in the activities and decision making of high schools. Second, educating students for responsibility must become a primary function of the…