This study addressed tensions faced by teachers in balancing the types of writing valued in today's schools, the needs of today's writers beyond school, and the rich cultural and linguistic resources that students bring into today's classrooms. Drawing from data generated in a larger study of teachers in an inquiry group and their related…

This paper argues that moral judgment is suffering at the hands of instrumental rationality and identity thinking, concepts from the tradition of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory that help explain degradations in human relations. These concepts are not new, but they are realized in novel ways, and the implications continue to be…

In this conceptual article, the authors examine changes to the United States educational ecology during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article draws on contemporary and historical research to critique how K-12 school policies and educational leadership decisions are made amidst a crisis. As schools and districts continue to navigate a shifting…

"Abolitionist Leadership in Schools" offers school and district leaders rich insights and approaches for recreating, restructuring, and reorienting their service to students, families, staff, and communities in crisis. Though often associated with sudden, large-scale disruptions, crises are ongoing matters--particularly among…

Context: University-based teacher education programs are increasingly committed to teaching about race and racism, but programs continue to face challenges in preparing justice-oriented educators. Critical scholarship on teaching about race and racism has identified some core concepts that teachers should learn, including an understanding of…

While the humanization of organizations has long been a goal of organizational psychologists, it is not as easily achieved as its advocates have wished. In humanized organizations, members are treated justly, are engaged in meaningful work, encouraged to develop their potential, and are treated as ends rather than as means. That these ideals have…

Examines the role of leadership as it is viewed by others in the organization; the relationship of humanistic management to the leader's health and home life and, consequently, to his or her job performance; and the influence of changing economic conditions on the expectations of management and resulting leadership style. (Author/IRT)

Explains that teachers do not accept the concept of educational accountability based on an industrial model that emphasizes "products." They argue that such a model often ignores the fact that social institutions (education) are composed of people and should thus afford exemplary respect for people and their relationships. Gives NEA…

Research into the definition and the priority structuring of eight values-oriented elements reveals a variety of differences associated with teacher (and preservice teacher) age, sex, and professional level. A study of 246 graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee education department established significant…

The need to focus on a unified environment as the social space framework of human action, brought about by the merging state of rural and urban areas, introduces this paper. A brief interpretation of our current environmental problems is presented followed by a description of some historic choices in cultural values and modes of knowledge which…

Presents descriptions of the management, systematic, and open-access curriculum development models to identify the decisionmaking bases, operational processes, evaluation requirements, and curriculum control methods of each model. A possible relationship among these models is then suggested. (Author/DN)

Discusses three critical areas of the supervisory function -- curriculum reconstruction, staff development, and humane environment. (JF)

Article addressed itself to two new approaches to teacher education, with their different emphases, which attempt to remedy what their advocates consider the ineffectiveness of teacher education programs prevalent in the last half century. (Author/RK)

Organizational Development (OD) projects assist schools in clarifying communication, establishing clear goals, solving conflicts, improving meetings, and making decisions. (Author)