Before diving into a change effort, principals should involve others in surveying the landscape, assessing the school's strengths, and identifying those responsible for past successes. Principals must then adopt an attitude of increased expectations; allow for comprehensive, meaningful planning; and commit to a continuous-improvement process. (MLH)

Describes the phenomenon of globalization and its manifestations in Africa in political, sociocultural, economic, and educational spheres. Proposes ways to structure lifelong education to enable Africans to participate globally. (SK)

Discusses how the articles in this journal continues a more recent trend toward the consideration of how people negotiate the rules of engagement in relationships that are problematic and somewhat less desirable because the partner's behavior is destructive, or the two partners differ in power, or one's self-presentation is threatened, or someone…

Discusses problems with and methods for providing career counseling to lawyers. Suggests that their career-management strategies will include assessing their priorities and skills and adapting them to partnering with employers in pursuit of client satisfaction. (JOW)

Reviews Covey's "7 Habits of Effective Families," noting that time plays an important part in each habit. Discusses several important "time" issues for families: time to plan for time, time for awareness of quality time, time to have two-way communication, time for family moments, and time to reflect. Includes suggestions for…

Examines a 1920s campaign to implement the project method in Milwaukee public schools, following the perilous road it traveled from exemplary model to urban classrooms, and arguing that public high schools have been very resistant to pedagogical innovations which might unleash students' learning potential. The impact of this reform, started by…

Finds study by Gallagher et al. to be both predictable and provocative. Suggests that authors do not quite reflect a sufficient understanding of the dynamics of rule-making to support their recommendations regarding application of early childhood research in regulation. (HTH)

Describes the strategic change process at the University of Vermont in which the institution's leadership collaborated with faculty, staff, and students to use the accreditation process as a catalyst, or "chariot," for institutional transformation. The self-study was both the impetus for change and the foundation for goals that united…

Examination of how British government-funded Guidance and Learner Autonomy projects served as change management models in higher education identified issues of context, planning, ownership, leadership, and continuance. A micro-political framework involving multiple interests, agendas, goals, and motives was considered more effective for innovation…

States that organizational values (a subset of organizational culture) provide behavioral guidelines for employees in organizations. Proposes that metaphorical imagery can heighten the usefulness of corporate values as behavioral guideposts. Notes managerial implications for change and suggests a process for change. (PA)

Students repeatedly suspended from school suffer academically and are more likely to be retained or to drop out. A recent study examined reasons for student suspensions from one school district over an eight-year period. Most suspensions resulted from physical confrontations with peers and other preventable behavior problems. Alternative measures…

The conventional leader-follower concept implies that some are leaders and others are not. Leadership involves anyone and everyone who takes steps to move a community. Too many problems cannot be solved without an engaged community. (SK)

Considers traditions, new trends, linkage of literacy and play, and implementation of literacy play in schools in Argentina. Notes that traditional approaches to literacy education do not work well in Latin America and supports the connection between literacy and children's play. (DLH)

Examines three cases in which changed political or other circumstances caused the Cooperative Extension Service to change its way of providing local leaders with accountability information. Suggests the establishment of ongoing accountability systems to ensure organizational protection when political or other situational changes occur. (Author/JOW)

A four-phase reflective cycle can help teachers better attend to student learning: (1) presence in experience; (2) description of experience; (3) analysis of experience from multiple perspectives; and (4) experimentation (taking action). Teachers should also solicit structured student feedback to distinguish between what they think they are…