Quality Circle members identify problems, select one for attention, analyze the potential causes of the problem, and identify and select preferred solutions that are proposed to the administration. Skills, knowledge, and experience gained by people in an education Quality Circle become theirs as well as those of the school. (MLF)

Learn from Columbus: to sail your schools into an unknown future, be prepared to toss out time-worn management approaches and take some creative risks. (Author)

Noting current estimates that between 4 and 14 million children have lesbian or gay parents and recent research suggesting that most college students are homophobic, this study examined college students' homophobia and attitudes toward adoption. Participating in the study were 96 heterosexual undergraduate education majors at a state college who…

This paper presents proceedings of a 2000 conference on the disproportionate number of African American children in out-of-home placements. The objectives of the lecture and issues forum were to provide a forum where people concerned with the welfare of African American children and families in Minnesota could discuss concerns; to promote…

In 1980, Congress passed the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act. The Act requires, in part, that states receiving federal monies under the Act make "reasonable efforts" to prevent the removal of children from their homes and, whenever possible, to reunify children placed in foster care with their families. In 1997, Congress passed…

The past decade has seen an increase in cases where adoptive parents fail to receive accurate or complete information about a child's physical, emotional, or developmental problems or about the child's birth family and history. In these cases adoptive parents are confronted with extremely expensive medical care or mental health care. This…

Many potential adoptive parents seeking international adoption find the process to be extremely complex. This guide details the international adoption process, including organizing a home study and fulfilling state requirements as well as selecting a country from which to adopt, working through emigration and immigration agencies, and traveling…

The number of children in foster care has nearly doubled in recent years. Despite reform efforts, the U.S. child welfare system is not increasing the number of children who get adopted. The federal government spends over $12 billion annually on child welfare programs, but the growing government bureaucracy has allowed the problems to worsen. The…

Presents a retrospective appraisal of the outcome of adoption by comparing perceptions of both adoptive parents and young adult adoptees. (DP)

Four strategies are implemented to further sharing of innovative teaching skills and ideas among teachers: (1) feedback of data, (2) understanding importance of sharing, (3) reduction of fear, (4) survey of innovative practices, and (5) standardardizing format for sharing creative lesson designs. (JB)

Changes wrought by technology create need for adaptive changes in social and educational areas, but these changes must come about through long term systematic planning rather than through short term piecemeal faddism. Speech presented at annual conference of National ACAC, Chicago, 1969. (CJ)

Discusses basic concepts in human and medical genetics and their relevance to the field of adoption. Describes genetic counseling and suggests that adoption agencies use such services. (Author)