Following a brief introduction to the David Douglas School District community and schools located in a partly unincorporated area of Portland/Multnomah County, Oregon, this publication describes the district's prior annual goal-setting process and its evolving Vision 90's strategic-planning and implementation process (SPI). Strategic-planning…

Successful forensic tournaments are educational instruments that foster knowledge in areas of public speaking, debate, and interpretation, and can be an integral part of the process in carrying out program and department objectives and goals. Reasons to host a forensic tournament include: a need for competition in that area of the country; a…

While its educational policy is still in a period of transition, China in 1983 is more politically moderate, with a longer projected educational program for the masses than at any time since 1949. It is providing more experiential and relevant curricula from preschool through the senior middle school, with increased facilities and financing. While…

Establishes a conceptual frame of reference that might serve as a basis for analysis, resulting in a series of systematic propositions about inter-connections between the scope and content of plans, the power required for implementation and the implementation process. (Author)

The main conclusions of this report are summarized in extracts from the three resolutions adopted by the Standing Conference of European Ministers of Education. (Author/RK)

This article relates the experience of one state principals' association in influencing the passage of desirable legislation. The legislative network described here has worked for Massachusetts. (Editor)

This paper constituted a plea for educators to ensure that the distinction between familiarity with literature and experience of literature is made. It provided a five-part plan for teaching to elicit the experience of literature. (Author/RK)

Article focused on the underlying differences between social groups in India, the great diversity in Indian national life and the problem of searching for solutions through education. (Author/RK)

This report details a plan for adult education in Connecticut. It reviews the current state of adult education services and recommends a series of important steps to help meet adult education needs through the year 2000. A four-phase planning process that was used to focus on the critical issues and identify specific actions to meet adult…

The major purpose of this report is to present information about the organization of middle schools in the school district of Philadelphia. The report includes: (1) summary information on rostering/scheduling practices; and (2) comparisons of promotion/retention rates, average daily attendance, and suspension rates in middle schools with different…

Analysis of survey responses from 98 Wisconsin education/job programs administrators resulted in the following recommendations, among others: (1) Private Industry Council (PIC) members must play a more meaningful role in the oversight of local programs and should receive inservice education from the Division of Employment and Training Policy…

The focus of the symposium was on an evaluation of judicial education in Alabama conducted by the University of Alabama Evaluation and Assessment Laboratory (EAL). The papers include: (1) "Design: From Qualitative Study to Grounded Questionnaire" (J. S. Rogers); (2) "Implementation: Conducting the Qualitative Study and the…

Effective strategic planning has clearly become a skill that is essential to the survival of managers in public and private sector agencies alike. While sometimes thought of as being an overly quantitative and excessively time-consuming activity, strategic planning does not need to be characterized in these terms. In its simplest and most…