Argues that the hermeneutic tradition, used as an interpretive framework can be used as a powerful tool which allows curriculum theorists to reshape educational thought and practice. By placing educational experiences within an interpretive framework, curriculum theory can be reframed in terms of practice, deliberation, and choice. (GEA)

Outlines a board activity calendar developed by the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District in California. It groups board actions by month and by meeting for the whole year, listing all actions and items the board anticipates considering. (MD)

Program reviews are conducted to reallocate scarce resources, and strong programs will receive more resources. Planning is necessary in physical education graduate programs in order to maintain rigor, provide professional development opportunities, offer continuing adult learning, and control quality in alternative career education. (MT)

Discusses the potential capabilities in computerization available for management of school transportation systems.(MD)

Deals with the various forms of educational planning in the Netherlands, with special emphasis on secondary education. Provides insight into the links between planning forms, functions, objects, and levels. (Author/JDH)

Discusses reasons for and benefits derived from strategic planning at colleges and universities. Taking a cue from business, the ideal plan, based on a realistic assessment of a college's aspirations, has five or six goals (critical decisions) to meet. Includes examples of such planning at Carnegie-Mellon and the University of Miami. (JN)

Describes the Educational Opportunity Program of Northern Illinois University's adaptation of an administrative planning decision making program called the Delphi concensus seeking process. (MD)

Describes the establishment and development of a five-year plan called Project 1992. It was developed by a high school to help adapt to the changing needs in curriculum development that technological changes and their ramifications will require in the future. Outlines the planning, organizing, and writing of the plan. (MD)

Rather than avoiding crisis, the author presents documentation supporting crisis management as an organizational tool. Crisis has the potential of focusing organizational energy in new directions and can be an important path to institutional growth. (MD)

Indicates that external relationships with associations, institutions, agencies, businesses, and constituencies are a major factor in determining the future of community colleges. Demonstrates the need for high quality and in-depth relationships. Offers suggestions for planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective and appropriate external…

Because of the growing influence of teachers' unions in an environment unresponsive to teachers' needs, the teachers of the future could gain importance as problem solvers and professionals. (JW)

Reviews the history of proposals for change in the sixth form curriculum (for 16-19 year-old students) in Great Britain, specifically concerning the proposals for N and F level examinations. (MLH)

Conventional wisdom says that a person can never plan enough or be too prepared. Conventional wisdom is often correct. Many successful schools--those that ensure that all students achieve at high levels--follow a detailed and comprehensive school improvement plan like a blueprint. But if this is so, why is it that many other schools that produce…

This report describes the activities of the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) in 2001-2002. In that year, the CIC focused on implementing new programs, services, and initiatives based on the challenges identified in the previous year during the intensive strategic planning effort. Highlights for the year include: (1) new assistance to…