This book offers a range of original perspectives on issues of planning and managing education in small systems. It is based on the proceedings of a conference held at the University of London's Institute for Education, supported by the European Community Directorate General for Development. The conference addressed a range of themes relevant to…

Students, especially those who are not going on to higher education after high school graduation, have little information about where to turn for help the day after high school graduation. These young people need support and encouragement in making plans for their future. Students, their parents, and school staffs all share responsibility for the…

This paper argues that many site-based management practices do not represent true empowerment and are not founded on a consensual framework of values, goals, and priorities developed by educational stakeholders. In addition, they often lack clearly stated operating principles. The paper distinguishes between site-based management (SBM) and…

This guidebook describes how successful change happens and how change agents can organize their work to make it happen. It is designed to help change agents in various organizational settings understand the dimensions of the problem and the social situation; organize a plan for change; know what to look for and what to avoid in one's self, team,…

This paper reports the findings of research on the plans of multiracial primary schools in England to implement a series of innovations in the educational system. The Education Reform Acts of 1986 and 1988 instituted innovations which included: (1) a national curriculum; (2) nationally imposed salaries; (3) a national teacher appraisal scheme; (4)…

This speech examines an agenda and possible actions at the institutional level for internationalizing the college curriculum. Discussions include: (1) an assessment of both internal and external environments, including readiness, potential sources of support, and new opportunities; (2) a set of principles for setting priorities; (3)…

This handbook presents a snapshot view of the use of telecommunications technologies to deliver instruction to distant audiences of K-12 students in the United States. The information is intended specifically for people who work in and with small, rural, or remote schools. Available technologies and programming vary widely in offerings and…

This document outlines long-range plans for Virginia's Head Start program. The first section provides an introduction to the Head Start program, including a program description and information on eligibility, funding, and children served. Next, Virginia's Head Start program is covered, including a program description and information on…

After extensive planning, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) concluded that a satellite telecommunications network linking AIHEC institutions to each other and to other institutions of higher education would greatly enhance their ability to provide quality education to their students and communities. This is the first step in…

This book argues for a comprehensive approach to planning for and managing the use of technology in schools. In the first four chapters, emphasis is placed on the importance of: (1) anticipating the future; (2) creating stakeholders' planning committees; (3) providing staff development and training for teachers and administrators; (4) winning…

School district budgeting is a daunting process. To help administrators, board members, and teachers who are not as knowledgeable on the subject as they feel they need to be, a practical manual on the budget-development process is offered here. Three themes are established early in the book: "budgeting is planning"; "administration in budgeting is…

This report is a general guide for people planning a charter school. In September 1995 the Program on Reinventing Public Education, a collaborative effort of the University of Washington's Institute for Public Policy and Management and the RAND Institute for Education and Training, sponsored a workshop on charter school startup. This report…

This monograph reviews and synthesizes highlights from relevant writings on evaluation and suggests interpretations and applications for practitioners who plan and conduct various types of educational programs for adults. It suggests that planning and conducting effective educational programs for adults entails contributions by various…

An assessment was made of the potential need for postsecondary education at different levels in Oklahoma. The objective of this assessment was to provide an overall framework within which the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education could establish priorities for the development of new learning sites. The assessment did not attempt to examine…

This publication records new developments and progress on various projects and activities conducted to meet the college's goals. In May of 1998, the District Office's centralized control-and-review authority shifted to the college leadership's autonomy and accountability. This change influenced many of the campus-based plans and decisions, and…