In this study the discipline of collaborative inquiry is employed to prepare aspiring administrators to lead for equity. Educational leadership students are required to conduct a site-based collaborative inquiry resulting in an Equity Plan signature assignment. As they develop their Equity Plans, emerging leaders also participate in a…

Presents some of the results of and information learned in a recent nationwide survey of 140 school systems that were implementing PPBS. Focuses on the development of planning activities that can minimize the impact of problems or obstacles on the implementation of performance plans. (Author/IRT)

Describes the organization and delivery of a program for approximately nine principals based on participants' own needs and the use of practitioners themselves as prime resources. (Author/JM)

Argues that school personnel should recognize and understand that the staff development process is a series of interrelated phases that should be followed and that these phases occur within the context of a particular social organization. (Author/IRT)

Examines current thinking on the nature of intergovernmental relations, examines the data on the development of the Michigan compensatory education program and the issues that have characterized its administration, and draws some conclusions about the state-local interaction in education and about the leadership capacities of state education…