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Peer reviewedAlexander, Linda B.; Smith, Robert C.; Carey, James O. – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Discusses the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 and the role of school library media specialists. Focuses on principals' perceptions of media specialists in five categories: information literacy; collaboration, leadership, and technology; learning and teaching; information access and delivery; and program administration; and suggests that…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textKolloff, Mary Ann; Reehm, Sue P. – 1993
This paper presents results from a 1992 survey of library media specialists in southeastern Kentucky, focusing on technological resources available in library media centers and the media specialists' perceptions of their roles and the future as affected by the Kentucky Educational Reform Act. Results indicated that the four most widely available…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Learning Resources Centers
Baldwin, Fred – Appalachia, 1994
Forward in the Fifth is an organization created to improve the quality of education in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District, which had the lowest percentage of high school graduates in America. The organization has employed innovative ways to involve the whole community, resulting in widespread cooperation, as well as increased graduation rates…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Environment
