In Dallas, a computerized "voice mail" system keeps board members only a telephone call away from the action and allows them to respond to the messages at their own convenience. (TE)

Employed the sociographic technique with 200 teachers in a public school district to gain an overview of the attitudes and relationships that fall under the label "communications," to isolate strong and weak communication channels and to assess which management styles are working well. (NEC)

Interscholastic competition is an excellent means for showcasing social studies for students, parents, and the local community. Described is a social studies tournament as designed by one high school. Specifically discussed are tournament divisions, format, content, team selection and composition, instrument preparation and scoring, tournament…

This paper discusses fostering a sense of unity across multiple campuses of a community college. It defines multi-campus community colleges (M3C) as a community college district composed of more than one site where learning is to take place. Unity is considered the state at which the students, faculty, and staff on the various college campuses and…

Reviews various aspects of the interaction between secondary and college chemistry teachers at the Third International Conference on Chemical Education. An excerpt is presented as an indicator of the nature and focus of the discussions. (CS)

An interschool, team mathematics competition conducted by a junior high school mathematics department is described. The competition is intended to help provide a total mathematics program, to develop well-rounded mathematics students, and to generate enthusiasm among able students. (MK)

Based on data gatered from interviews, observations, and document reviews during a 3-year qualitative examination of curriculum change projects in 14 elementary, junior, and senior high schools, this paper argues that the spread of new classroom practices within a school beyond a core committee of planners is determined by the orgaanizational…

THE INTER-INSTITUTIONAL TEACHING EXPERIMENT DESCRIBED DEMONSTRATES THAT FACULTIES OF SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING MAY WORK TOGETHER IN A COOPERATIVE PROJECT FOR IMPROVEMENT IN COLLEGE TEACHING. ALTHOUGH THIS COOPERATION IS A NEW AND COMPLEX FIELD IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION, IT IS HIGHLY USEFUL. THERE SEEMED TO BE MANY DIFFERENCES IN…

The result of a survey carried out within the framework of the Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education, this directory is based solely on information collected from member institutions. A goal is to encourage member institutions to establish direct contacts among themselves. A list of planning, managerial, and administrative…

To generate student interest in an eleventh grade Canadian history course in Winnipeg (Canada), inter-school debates were held. The format, philosophy, evolution, and planning of the debates are discussed. Also examined are the roles played by the chairperson and the commentators. (RM)

An important feature of the Annenberg Rural Challenge (now the Rural School and Community Trust) was the insistence that all funded projects be organized around networks and clusters. These networks/clusters aimed to help overcome the isolation of rural schools and communities and to multiply possibilities for sharing resources and enlarging the…

When schools and teachers come together voluntarily to collaborate in learning communities there can be powerful and positive benefits to pupils' experiences of learning and their wider lives. This article summarises some of the learning from the four-year Networked Learning Communities programme, managed by the National College for School…