Argues that changes in the British National Curriculum leave individual schools with too much freedom in constructing their curricula. While they may try to develop a balanced curriculum for all their students, some schools might neglect to include environmental education. Offers suggestions for designing curricula with environmental education…

A study examined barriers to transition faced by 12 young adults with disabilities receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and their families. Obstacles to transition planning that were associated with SSI included difficulties managing the receipt of SSI and unawareness of the supports available through the SSI system. (Contains references.)…

Bowling Green State University, Ohio, carried out a study of learning communities and first-year programs to determine their success in facilitating student success, increasing engagement, and promoting connections. Findings from 10 learning communities show the overall success of these programs and provide favorable cost estimates. (SLD)

Describes a successful strategic planning process at a large community college, which linked the analytic inputs of research with the authority and intuition of leaders. Reports key factors attributed to the process' success, including a collegial and organized structure, detailed project management plans, and confidence in the environmental scan.…

Proposes a model for managing a community college's accountability environment and shows how it can be applied. Reports that the model is premised on the pluralistic perspective of accountability (Kearns), and uses Christensen's value network for building the community college model. (Contains 37 references.) (AUTH/NB)

Discusses the recent crisis in educational planning, proposing the adoption of business models for educational management. Describes ways to apply this approach to education policy. Identifies the problems of education, and suggests guidelines for change in educational policy. (RW)

Examines the dangers of the transfer of business theory to educational management. Questions why education has increasingly turned to business practices for its management theory and examines ways in which schools may differ from other organizations. Indicates those practices that merit transfer and those that have little or no merit. (KO)

Discusses the criticisms of discipline-based art education published in the March 1988 issue of "Art Education." Responds to the arguments of Peter London, Helen Muth, Norma K. Pittard, and Karen Hamblen. States that art education would be better served if the energy devoted to criticism was directed toward constructive ends. (GEA)

Presents a survey of common and leading-edge computer use practices followed by municipal government personnel and the directors of 12 masters degree programs in public administration. Concludes by suggesting directions for future developments both in public agencies and in the academy. (GEA)

Examines the impact of the new California History Social Science Framework on the development of new textbooks. Provides an outline of this K-12 framework and discusses the question of whether the program will falter if textbook development is not adequate. (KO)

Speculates about how opportunity-to-learn (OTL) standards might be defined and used at federal and state levels and, in the process, to better understand why OTL standards have become so controversial. The author discusses OTL within the context of The Goals 2000: Educate America Act and how the standards might be used and what they should…

Examines the need for literacy training in countries without well-established educational programs, focusing on Africa. Argues that literacy programs as traditionally practiced cannot provide a base for lifelong education, but that functional and consciousness-raising programs can act as a first step in developing sound lifelong learning programs.…

Describes a developmental education program at an urban university that used a recursive, four-step model for strategic planning and assessment. Indicates the plan led to a more coherent institutional program mission, increased the effectiveness of the program's governance, and improved allocation procedures. (13 citations) (MAB)

Discusses where outcome-based education (OBE) went wrong and the enormous backlash it created. It is argued that OBE's state mandated outcomes are aimed at creating a new social order which can cause a backlash with parents who do not agree with the direction being taken. A strategy is proposed for escaping the OBE problem. (GR)

Describes the planning for educational technology implemented by the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District (Pennsylvania), including data collection; data analysis; screening and deciding on goals; activities to reach the goals; and evaluation and future planning. The district's mission statement for technology and further recommendations for…