Describes a process for improving the baccalaureate and fifth-year education of early childhood teachers. Discusses development and implementation of guidelines for teacher accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Associated problems are discussed. (RH)

Focuses on how basic research on psychological principles eventually leads to practical classroom programs. A case study is presented of a classroom program based on psychological research. Inferences are made regarding the problems of transforming basic research into practical classroom programs. (Author/DB)

Structural equation modeling was used to test a model of the relations between the implementation and results of programs of school, family, and community partnerships in elementary schools. The model included school demographic measures, key elements of school organization and processes, partnership program quality, and parent involvement. Data…

Describes the development and implementation of a whole language program in Quebec (Canada), a unilingual French province. Focuses on the meaning of educational change at various levels of Quebec's educational system. Presents perspectives and competing ideologies on whole language. (Author/BB)

This case study reports the feasibility of the Partnership Schools Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) model for school improvement in a Title I elementary school. Interviews were conducted and documents were collected for 3 years to study whether and how the school implemented key policy attributes--specificity, consistency, authority, power, and…