Categories helpful in describing English schools are discussed in an attempt to clarify ways in which schools can be "open." Topics include: (1) buildings; (2) curriculum; (3) parent-teacher relations; (4) staff deployment; (5) community schools; (6) student-teacher relations; (7) staff relations; and (8) teaching. (Author/SDH)

In October 1989, the government of New Zealand responded to results of a 1987-88 study on school management by passing legislation that shifted control of education from a central bureaucracy to local boards of trustees. Using a question-answer format, this document presents a model of the decentralization process as it analyzes the 1989 plan in…

Both a description and an evaluation of the Correctional Education Project conducted by the Faculty of Education, Queen's University, in cooperation with the Correctional Service of Canada are provided. Components of the program described include the following: (1) the negotiation stage and early months of the contract; (2) functional aspects such…