ARGUMENTS ARE PRESENTED IN FAVOR OF THE RECENT PROPOSAL BY THE AUTHOR THAT THE NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM CHANGE ITS PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE THE SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADES IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADES 9 THRU 12 IN THE COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS HELD THAT THE PLAN WOULD BE MUCH MORE…

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION UNIT IN SEVEN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN WISCONSIN. THE CONCEPT OF THE UNIT, ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS PART OF PROJECT MODELS, IS BASED ON A REORGANIZATION OF THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL STRUCTURE AND THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS FOR…

The "semester system" in Indian universities was examined in terms of why the system traditionally has not been working and what recommendations could be made to improve it. Part of the ineffectiveness was due to the fact that the design was "ad hoc" and arbitrary, hurriedly imposed upon inadequately prepared or informed…

TO INVESTIGATE, DESCRIBE, AND EVALUATE THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GUIDANCE IN TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TO RELATE THESE CHARACTERISTICS TO THE PRINCIPALS' CONCEPTS OF GUIDANCE, A THREE-PART QUESTIONNAIRE WAS DEVELOPED, TESTED, AND MAILED TO 359 ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS. THE QUESTIONNAIRES ELICITED GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE…

Although many definitions of team teaching have been proposed since its inception in 1957, none so far seems adequate in describing its complex organizational makeup. Although each team teaching plan may have unique characteristics, certain organizational elements typical of team teaching plans can be identified. A team must have a minimum of two…

There is a tendency to simply view alternative schools as against tests, grades, bells, seats in rows, and dress regulations. This obscures the need for alternative schools to have stable organizational structures if they are to play an important role in education. There are five stages in the development of an alternative school. They include (a)…

Between May 1967 and June 1970, the Houston Independent School District in consortium with 14 others contracted with USOE to coordinate the development of an organic curriculum. The project's purpose was to create a climate for change, while interpreting for Houston secondary schools the objectives of a plan that would be: relevant, based on…

Political, administrative, and territorial types of decentralization are identified, along with their implications for citizen participation in educational policymaking. The Adams-Morgan experiment provides case study material. Preliminary results indicate that "administrative decentralization," despite the claims of school officials in…

This report describes proprietary schools, the profit-oriented, privately-owned institutions that train students for job entry. Emphasis is placed on the past and future images of proprietary schools; the number and types of proprietary schools; distinctive operating features; instruction and faculty; students in an out of proprietary schools; the…

This paper discusses differences among schools in their readiness for organizational development interventions. The author begins by outlining criteria for organizational success. He then discusses two variables that have been found important in assessing readiness to profit from organizational development; i.e., readiness for collaboration and…

Despite the fact that the middle school has frequently come into being for noneducational reasons, many educators maintain that if a new school system could be organized from "scratch" with nothing but educational desiderata to guide its creators, the middle school would be the foundational arch of the system. This report analyzes and describes…

This review examines how goals, processes, resource inputs, and funds will be viewed at different levels of university organization: the campus administration; the schools or colleges, the academic departments and organized research units; and the support organizations on the campus. The review encompasses the main features of complementarity,…

The "cluster college arrangement" is discussed in this model for reorganization of the College of DuPage. The basic idea is to provide, within the framework of the parent institution, several educational communities small enough to enable students and faculty members to work closely toward reasonable educational goals. The following…

The Pilot School described in this document is a joint venture of the Cambridge public schools and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to experiment with decentralized alternatives to the usual pattern of secondary education. The first section is a chronology of the school's history and operations during the first year; the second describes…

Recent California legislation now prescribes a procedure so that all territory in the state will be included in community college districts by Fall 1975. Responsibility for this procedure has been assigned to county committees on school district organization. The State Board of Governors supervises the formation of all new districts. Studies of…