This CED report examines teacher pay and other compensation issues. Schools must be able to compete effectively for college-educated workers who have more career choices and see themselves as more mobile professionally than did earlier generations. Traditional compensation policies for teachers (salary schedules that reward only longevity and…

Many reformers suggest that urban district central offices would strengthen teaching and learning districtwide if they operated as "learning organizations." But what does it mean for a school district central office to operate as a learning organization? This article draws on research about learning theory and school district central offices to…

The teacher education literature is replete with recommendations regarding the preparation of new teachers who are equipped to face the complexities and instructional demands of their first year of teaching. Recently, teacher education programs have begun to use online assessment products to provide evidence that their teacher candidates' can…

Background/Context: There are few empirical studies exploring the alleged conflict between the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine what impact the No Child Left Behind Act has had on students with disabilities. Research Design: Specifically,…

Preparing graduates for the professions is increasingly recognised as involving a partnership approach to curriculum design, implementation and evaluation. Experiential placements play a critical role in developing discipline-specific knowledge and skills and also generic professional dispositions including relationships, communication, problem…

The Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning proposes a strategy for lifelong learning for the next quarter-century. In this article, four of the Inquiry's commissioners--Leisha Fullick, John Field, Teresa Rees and Helen Gilchrist--reflect on some of the report's key themes. Fullick discusses the role of "local responsiveness" in…

Dynamic new ventures like the Knowledge is Power Program, Teach For America, and New Leaders for New Schools, are increasingly being asked to step in to assist struggling school districts. While promising, these ventures have thus far typically been characterized by "one-off" examples of success that are extraordinarily reliant on talent and…

This book is written for adults who are interested in learning to manage change constructively. It is designed to be useful as a self-help resource should the learner be working independently. However, it is especially intended to provide a good text for teachers or trainers who are leading credit courses or non-credit workshops on various topics…

A guide for a person attempting to construct his own synthesis for change or diffusion of innovation. (HB)

Four elements of dehumanization in the schools which must be changed are described: (1) viewing students as passive, plastic, and environmentally determined objects; (2) ignoring the integration of students' feelings, emotions, aspirations, volitions, and cognition; (3) increasing bureaucratic authority and specilized disciplines; and (4)…

Outlines proposals for improving political broadcasting which were discussed in 1975 at the planning conference sponsored by the Aspen Institute Program on Communications and Society. (MH)

Since children's librarianship developed as a specialty, children's librarians have perpetuated beliefs and behavior patterns that may lead to the elimination, downgrading, or ostracism of children's services. New goals and workable plans are needed if children's services are to be managed wisely and avoid being trapped by these myths. (JPF)

An analysis of the resistance to change in instructional practice that can be expected at any major and democratically run university. (Author)

Administered questionnaire to 40 psychodrama participants and 42 controls with no psychotherapy experience to assess which specific events they would find helpful in psychotherapy. Psychodrama participants perceived emotional abreaction and cognitive insight most helpful while controls considered nonspecific healing aids most helpful. Suggests…