In this article, I demonstrate how hybrid language practices allow for children to make use of their full linguistic repertoire in negotiating the social and communicative demands of the school environment (Axelrod in "Early Child Educ J," p 1-8, 2014). I argue that the unusual case of classe LSF and École Maternelle Gabriel Sajus…

The urgency of the problem of designing a new strategy of teacher training due to the reform of education in universities: decrease of pedagogical disciplines, strengthening fundamental (subject) training, etc. The goal of the article lies in identification of the main components of the new strategy of teacher training. A leading approach to the…

Superintendents and school boards must balance state and federal mandates, requirements of new legislation, and policy changes as they search for best practices in education that will result in increased student achievement. Pressure has increased, with an emphasis on high stakes testing and accountability since the implementation of the No Child…

Today, independent school leaders operate at the fault line of pundits, parents, teachers, staff, students, board members, researchers, consultants, and more. They need to lead key constituents while weighing constituent expectations. They need to know how to sift through the increasing flow of evolving practices, research, and viewpoints…

Purpose: The past decade has seen considerable debate about how to best evaluate the efficacy of educational improvement initiatives, and members of the educational leadership research community have entered the debate with great energy. Throughout this debate, the use of randomized experiments has been a particularly contentious subject. This…

Recognising and responding to behaviours and patterns of resistance is critical to the successful implementation of technology-enhanced learning strategies at higher education institutions. At institutional, academic and student levels, resistance manifests itself in a variety of forms, at best supporting a critical culture and at worst creating…

The costs for providing medical school education and services in Vietnam's universities continue to increase. Through a collaborative project between the Government of the Netherlands and Vietnam's Ministry of Health, a five year experimental program to develop in-country capacity and reduce the dependence upon a foreign medical service delivery…

This document, a revision and retitled version of "Implementing Different and Better Schools," 1969 (ED 051 110), attempts to provide guidelines for change in schools to help those educators who need to be convinced of the need for change, 2) those who are ready but need to be told what to do, and 3) those with some experience of change who need…

This book is a summary of the knowledge gained during 10 years experience as teacher, principal, superintendent, and consultant. It attempts to express as enthusiastically as possible why schools must change, what changes must be made, and how they might best be accomplished by teachers, administrators, school boards, and parents in every state in…

Provision needs to be made in California for alternative educational forms because: (1) there is currently a great deal of dissatisfaction with prevailing arrangements, and since there is no agreement on one ideal form or system, the best procedure is to set up probes of alternative futures; (2) the needs of society, like those of individual…

This paper looks at the development and practice of an extracurricular "free university" on the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University. (Author)

The author contends that the City University of New York's open admissions'' program does not represent fundamental change. (Editor)

Increasingly, educational reform is linked to the concept of professional learning communities (PLCs). Definitions of PLCs vary, but generally the concept refers to a group of educators who "continuously seek and share learning, and act on their learning" (Hord 1997, 6). Stoll and her colleagues, concluding their review of the current state of…

Author examines the changing philosophies of admission to post-secondary institutions within the context of open-door policies. (Author/MM)