Describes cultural characteristics of small schools that may produce adverse reactions to expansion of educational opportunities through technological development. Suggests that leaders must share their vision with teachers to achieve staff consensus about methods of obtaining the goal and assure staff of security before technological change will…

Presents responses to a teacher survey asking how computers and technology impact the classroom. Results indicate teachers are no longer technophobes; 99 percent work in schools with computers; most want better training; half believe technology improves teaching quality and student achievement; and the videocassette recorder is the most popular…

To account for racial differences in learning, the report examines educational technology--the conditions and activities that constitute instruction--in three Chicago area school districts. Results show that black students are exposed to restricted learning opportunities because of district and school differences in the availability of…

In 1991, the Task Force on Cooperative Education undertook a study regarding improvement of the cooperative education (CE) system in the United States. The first stage of the project entailed a mail survey of approximately 1,300 selected cooperative and professional educators, cooperative employees, and university state councils to determine…