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Download full textHrybyk, Michael; Farnham-Diggory, S. – 1981
A year-long ethnographic case study was conducted primarily to investigate the developmental nature of children's spontaneous grouping activities in an elementary school setting. Participant observation and related methods were conducted for two days a week (on average) in a small, traditional parochial school located in a lower-class integrated…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Class Organization, Comparative Analysis
Purves, Alan C., Ed. – 1981
The President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies recommended federal funding to turn 20 existing regional high schools into Language and International Studies High Schools. A seminar on the implementation of that recommendation addressed issues of school organization, student recruitment and selection (including the thorny…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Technology, International Education, Program Implementation
Kallen, Denis; Colton, Sarah – 1980
A number of educational changes and problems in Europe and North America are covered in this six-chapter report. The introduction profiles present trends in all countries, including declining birth rates, economic stagnation, decreased enthusiasm for educational research and development, and more active community involvement in schooling. It notes…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Miles, Matthew B. – 1980
This literature review focuses on the role of schools'"common properties" in planned educational change and everyday school operations. Common properties include those features that are either present in all schools, relatively stable and unchanging, or central to the concept of schools today. The author first examines five ways in which…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Cooke, Robert A.; Rousseau, Denise M. – 1981
Research of 25 Michigan elementary and secondary public schools is used to test a model relating organizations' problem-solving adequacy to their available inputs or resources and to the appropriateness of their structures. Problems that all organizations must solve, to avoid disorganization or entropy, include (1) getting inputs and producing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Zirkel, Perry A., Ed. – 1978
This digest is a reference tool documenting 144 of the most important Supreme Court cases affecting education from 1859 to 1977, with emphasis on the decisions made during the past 25 years. Each case is written up in a three-part format that provides the facts and background of the case. The cases are organized into five sections: school district…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Employee Responsibility, Employer Employee Relationship
Hess, Fritz; And Others – 1979
In response to declining enrollment, the school board and administration of the East Syracuse-Minoa Central School District (New York) undertook a comprehensive effort to examine conditions and plan for the future. Following an initial data-gathering phase, a citizens task force was appointed in 1977 to study the problem and make recommendations.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Community Involvement, Community Support
ROGERS, LOLA ERIKSEN – 1967
INFORMATION RELATED TO SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, PROCEDURES, PRACTICES, AND CONDITIONS AFFECTING SCIENCE INSTRUCTION IN THE PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IS PRESENTED. QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO THE PRINCIPALS OF A RANDOM SAMPLE OF SCHOOLS WHICH INCLUDED GRADES 7, 8, AND 9 WERE USED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION. CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION INCLUDED (1) ENROLLMENT AND…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Zirkel, Perry A.; Bargerstock, Charles T. – 1980
Declining enrollment and lower teacher turnover have forced many school districts to reduce the number of professional personnel employed. State legislatures, the courts, and local collective negotiations have been the principal scenes of legal activity concerning reduction in force (RIF). In this monograph, both technical legal information and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation
Peterson, Mark F.; Cooke, Robert A. – 1980
This paper focuses on identifying the way that individual and organizational variables affect the classroom leadership behavior of teachers. Measured are the effects of one individual-level variable and six organizational variables--three at the organization system level and three at the classroom subsystem level. The individual-level variable is…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Community Colleges
Feld, Marcia Marker; And Others – 1979
The policy implications of proposed K-8 grade level reorganization in Providence, Rhode Island are explored in this report. Included are the following: (1) a survey of the current status of elementary and middle school organization, facilities, composition, and curriculum in Providence; (2) an assessment of achievement and social-psychological…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Change, Educational Facilities
Brunetti, Gerald J. – 1977
The Bullock Report, published in 1975, described English teaching practices in England and offered recommendations for improving those practices. This paper examines the background of the report and discusses topics in the report that are of particular interest to Americans, including the setting and monitoring of reading and writing standards,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Haubrich, Vernon – 1968
Any attempt to change teacher education must recognize the bureaucratic nature of our educational system, a de facto national system with the graduate school as the capstone of an interlocking hierarchy in which power is centered on the middle level functionaries. Role definition and specialization of purpose tend to place the teacher in the role…
Descriptors: Administrators, Bureaucracy, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Riggs, Norman Dee – 1968
An analysis of the internal organization of innovative secondary schools was developed from questionnaire response data supplied by the principals of 121 junior high, intermediate, and middle schools in 35 States. Criteria for comparison and evaluation were based primarily on related research and general organizational literature. The study found…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Qualifications, Bibliographies, Curriculum Development
Pennsylvania School Boards Association, Inc., Harrisburg. – 1977
A commission charged with examining the process of Pennsylvania school board policy making as it relates to the roles of the board and the superintendent expresses a number of concerns and makes recommendations. Broad areas identified as needing continuous attention by boards and superintendents are the appraisal of goals and objectives, inservice…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Education, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy
