The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education's strong movement to strengthen accreditation appears to have generated the same kinds of criticism and condemnation as before the redesign. However, results of interviews with 32 teacher education and NCATE leaders show overwhelming support for NCATE. Schools, colleges, and departments…

Describes a Brazilian program that uses children's art and writing about violence as a catalyst for discussion in parenting groups. The goal of the program is to help programs transform relationships from violence to respect, breaking the cycle of violence. (JPS)

Argues that the key to implementing information technology successfully in higher education rests on the convergence of three factors: first, an innovation must be properly framed in terms of stakeholders' expectations; second, an environment favorable to innovation must be present; and finally, the advantages of specific attributes of innovations…

Finds that, due to insufficient communication and poor planning, new organization members (in a post-merger culture after a friendly merger) did not receive information necessary for assimilation, and developed different meanings for organizational messages, and different values and beliefs. Concludes that to preserve an organizational culture…

Recommends communication technologies to extend interaction with teachers and parents. Reports that centers have embraced technology, and identifies three benefits of phone and three of video technologies. Discusses the influence of the Internet on the early childhood care centers. Notes possible problems, but observes that judicious use enhances…

Proposes renewal of Dewey to address the gap between the pedagogical commitment to contingency and plurality and the fact that the pedagogical tradition has neutralized contingency and denied its systemic meaning for education. Recognizes that questions regarding education can never be stabilized, but rather should always refer to experience and…

Discusses the role and definition of children's rights since the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Suggests ways to build upon the Convention by concentrating on: neglected groups of children, including disabled, gay, minority, and girl children; reforming the rights of children; and strengthening the implementation…

Describes the success of an Indiana school district in implementing a major technology initiative. Presents 12 strategies for implementing such an initiative, usable as a framework for schools about to invest in technology (or for those with stalled or dysfunctional programs) and applicable to programs of varying size and scope. (SR)

Reviews "Globalizing the Community College: Strategies for Change in the Twenty-First Century" (John S. Levin) and "Honored but Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges" (W. Norton Grubb and Associates), which examine the historical role of community colleges, pointing out that community colleges no longer act as entry points to…

This interview with a Chinese teacher educator examines why she is studying about educational change in the United States, her interest in the Discover Project, her visits to schools implementing the Discover Project, differences between education in this country and in China, cultural influences on such reforms in China, educational technology in…

Suggests that management fads in higher education go through a predictable five-stage process, including creation, narrative evolution, time lag, narrative devolution, and resolution of dissonance. Finds that in the process of "virtual" adoption academic institutions may endorse management innovations for their symbolic benefits but isolate them…

Explores the cultural space of the kitchen as a metaphor for explicating the role of African American women scholars in the Academy and African American women's strategies of transforming a traditional institution of white male dominance. Discusses ways in which African American women can transform institutions through a redemptive vision of the…

Most charter schools are true bridges to the 21st century. However, some schools are breaching the separation of church and state, neglecting special-education students, playing favorites with admission, or expelling students who "do not fit" their school. Proposes corrective action to ensure that charter schools are shaped toward democratic ends.…

Since Stanley Fish became dean a year ago of the University of Illinois (Chicago) College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, his activist style has stimulated the institution, lured prominent scholars to positions there, but also produced criticism that he is ignoring faculty in individual departments and has made some missteps, such as supporting a…

Describes the experience of three U.S. mathematics teachers while implementing a new high school curriculum (Core-Plus Mathematics Project) during the 1994-95 academic year. Teachers renegotiated where mathematical authority should lie--with the teacher, the students, or both. Shared mathematical authority emphasizes conceptual understanding of…