This paper examines the impact of Illinois' present system of state aid to education in light of the rationale for its adoption, and argues that the stated purposes of the present system would be better realized through the adoption of a "two-tiered" finance system. The present Illinois system consists of the Strayer-Haig system of…

This document is a teacher-developed handbook to the Meridian (Mississippi) Public Schools' Teachers' Center. The materials contained in the handbook include: (1) steps involved in implementing the model; (2) organization charts; (3) center rationale and objectives; (4) teacher center tasks; (5) operation of the center in the areas of teacher…

This book contains a study of the process of educational change in developing countries. It is being disseminated in the hope that it may stimulate interest in the process of change, so that a more experimental and evaluative approach may emerge in the search for a better system of education. By looking at several different sources of information…

The effective use of parents as behavior change agents in the modification of their children's behavior is discussed. Identified are four parent training steps: (1) parents learn to identify and record specific behaviors: (2) parents learn through consultation and reading how to effect behavior change: (3) parents count behaviors, note behavioral…

The conflict surrounding the administrator's attitude toward change arises from the paradoxical positions that change is inherently good and necessary to avoid stagnation and, at the same time, the individual resists it unless he perceives a gain from the change. The propositions are equally true and can be reconciled, or at least understood, and…

As the second report on ISUPS, this document evaluates the period of July 1973 to December 1974 and presents sections dealing with: (1) higher education and American Indian students; (2) recommendations based on first year operations; (3) second year operations; (4) development and research; (5) evaluation reports from the districts; (6) the…

This publication offers a brief description of the content and instructional methods used during the three years of the Educational Management Project's inservice programs for educational administrators in the Tucson Public Schools. The discussion is organized into three sections that focus in turn on the activities and results of each of the…

Rather than a direct report on staff development programs, the speaker presents a case study of a district's experiences in organization change that were planned to improve the ways in which the school system fulfills its basic mission and goals. The change plan emphasized staff development at the administrative level as a means of decreasing the…

One area wherein administrative commitment to innovation can be developed is in the field of career education. Career education is a useful concept that can unite the private, public, and work lives of individuals in a meaningful manner. In order to develop the concept of career education and its meaning, new ideas and procedures as well as…

It is not likely that the schools as presently organized and conducted and with the prevailing model of change employed for their improvement can be redesigned to meet satisfactorily the wide and varied range of expectations for them. The schools are suffering from a confusing array of expectations and a crippling overload of functions. Our…

This bibliography is designed for students of planned community change, practitioners concerned with the redefinition of the planning profession, and local citizens involved in the change process. The authors do not consider the bibliography exhaustive, but rather developmental, outlining the application of planned-change theory and method to the…

This publication introduces and describes new efforts based on the concept of alternatives to drug abuse. The pamphlet is designed for educators, community groups, drug abuse professionals, treatment personnel, parents and young people. According to those who espouse the alternatives approach, motives for drug-taking inevitably include the need to…

Lewin's field theory was used as the basis of an investigation into the influence of the supervisor in education. The focus of the study was the relationship between teacher perceptions of four kinds of supervisory styles and selected teacher attitudes. Preservice teachers were asked to classify their supervisor's behavioral style. Teacher…

On the basis of an anthropological descriptive study of 16 schools and a study of the high innovative schools compared with low innovative schools, an interaction hypothesis was formulated. The hypothesis included theoretical constructs of system innovative thrust, personnel innovative thrust, and selected educational change. In this paper, these…

This conference for media personnel began by identifying and describing management problems. It then examined the process of selecting a manager, and looked at the nature of a healthy organization. Next it considered change and the change process, including the conditions which facilitate change, the obstacles to change, and some management myths.…