The experiences of two school districts (Omaha, Nebraska, and Littleton, Colorado) highlight the actions needed to maintain the momentum of school improvement. Factors that influence momentum include strong and stable leadership, sufficient time to build relationships, empowerment of key parties, parental involvement, community support, staff…

Shifting the budgetary decision-making authority to individual schools provides principals, teachers, and parents greater control over the allocation of resources. (MLF)

Examines the advantage to urban education of school-to-work transition programs. A vision is presented for a work-centered education that takes full advantage of the best characteristics of cities and clarifies how this approach addresses some of the serious problems facing urban schools. The author indicates how these programs can invigorate…

This overview of several programs, techniques, and approaches related to improving schools and student learning includes brief outlines of restructuring, effective schools, cooperative learning, whole language, technology, multiple intelligences, the Coalition of Essential Schools, the Accelerated Schools Project, the School Development Program,…

This paper examines school restructuring, the national education goals, and opportunities to improve the quality of education for adolescents with behavioral disorders. The paper favors adjustment as a goal along with achievement, a focus on broad outcomes of education, and links between mental health and education. (JDD)

Examines the role of the principal in restructuring schools. Skills to meet the restructuring needs of the school can be obtained through on-going principal development. Programs, activities, and support exist for principals who pursue development, but they must inaugurate the process themselves. (SLD)

The effective schools approach and restructuring are two overlapping and sometimes compatible strategies for school improvement. The effective schools approach allows teachers to choose from a menu of proven strategies, whereas restructuring presents a blank slate in hopes of more radical solutions that support more teacher ownership. (SLD)

Conceptualizes multicultural education as an interdisciplinary field focusing on racial, ethnic, and cultural groups, and on both genders. The development of African-American scholarship is traced as a vital root of the multicultural education movement. The intergroup education movement of the 1940s and 1950s is also discussed. (SLD)

Presents a constructivist framework for educational reform. Describes technology's role in child-driven learning. Supports a wholesale revision of educational practice that focuses on children's competencies and integrates technology so that it supports the deeper more reflective self-directed activity children must use if they are to become…

Waves of school reform starting in the 1980s focused on higher standards and the roles of teachers, parents, and administrators. A third wave of reform is needed, which focuses on respect for students. The student as an active and engaged worker must be the center of future reform efforts. (SLD)

For many low-income and minority students, there is little continuity between schooling and the rest of their lives. Restructuring schools for equity challenges schools to establish greater congruence between themselves and students' homes. The role of effective-schools research, increased parent and community involvement, and increased teacher…

Under new editorship, this publication will remain a refereed scholarly journal for the curriculum and supervision fields without becoming the educational counterpart of the "New England Journal of Medicine." The new editor solicits submission of manuscripts reporting mindful research and probing critique on school restructuring,…

In response to a high-performance economy, schools must reengineer learning by focusing on critical thinking skills, democratizing learning (becoming learner centered), offering multidisciplinary subject matter, diversifying school structures, and emphasizing lifelong learning. (SK)

Describes a small K-6 staff's restructuring plans for its predominantly Navajo student body. The case study, concerned with planning for nongraded classes, represents a lesson in how not to plan. Although some positive curricular changes have occurred, administrative leadership was perceived as ineffective, and staff neglected to plan for cultural…

This bibliography for school library media specialists lists articles published in 1993 in seven categories: information service; instructional consulting; literature; management; notable authors, illustrators, and librarians; school reform; and teaching. Categories are subdivided into as many as 25 subtopics. Articles are drawn from 11 journals.…