This booklet, which is addressed to individuals interested in funding service learning programs, examines possible sources of funding for service learning and shares grant-writing tips from experienced educators and grant writers. The booklet begins with a map of the 13 steps in the grant process. The administrator's role in grant seeking is…

This study is a retrospective examination of elements that influenced one elementary school staff to initiate and implement a school-wide innovation in their reading program in 1990-91. This school served 315 preschool children through grade three in a small town set in the rural countryside. Case study methodology was used to discover how the…

A team of field researchers studied exemplary language arts teachers in Dade County, Florida (a high school that is 99% minority, but with strong administrative support from the Dade County's Division of Language Arts/Reading) and examined the contexts that lead to thought-provoking learning in English classes and the professional contexts that…

A case study introduced Cathy Starr, a seventh grade language arts teacher in a school known for its excellence in English/language arts instruction, and described a two year in-depth research and observation study on how Starr teaches language arts and what influences her professional life has on her approach and instruction. Hudson Middle…

This document is a report on the tenure and retention of community college Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in California. In 1995, the trustee board of the Community College League of California (CCLC) set up a committee to look at the turnover rate of chancellors, superintendents, and presidents of California community colleges over the last 20…

This is a report on a workshop held in Hawaii with representatives from United States community college and the Thai Ministry of Education to help form the East-West Consortium for Community College Development in Thailand. Recommendations from the workshop included plans for a U.S. community college training team to visit Thailand and help begin…

This book explains how the Chicago Public Schools use accountability and probation to promote school improvement. When schools do not measure up, they are placed on probation. The probation is intended to help schools find and carry out solutions to the problems they have been unable to solve on their own. The book focuses on probation as it has…

This report examines the nature and practice of effective leadership in schools in England and Wales in the 1990s. It is based on a study that explored how existing theories of effective leadership--purposeful leadership, transformational leadership, or moral leadership--compared to the practices of successful head teachers in times of change. The…

This paper examines the structure of administrative authority in Japan and America and explores how differing conceptions of the principal's role influence instructional guidance provided to teachers. In the United States, administrators are viewed as facilitators of a school's educational program and are expected to take an active part in…

This monograph is an idea book for two-year institutions thinking of adding an honors program to their list of academic offerings, and as such aspires to provide a useful description of the many options available to honors education for the several audiences who, as a matter of course, may become stakeholders in the operation of a two-year college…

Author examines the various groups associated with the educational enterprise to assess the prospects for reform. (MB)

The author discusses some implications of current changes and future changes for the profession of student dean. The student personnel dean is seen as an innovator in the academic community. (BY)

Article reprinted from the March-April 1969 issue of "Education Age. (Author)

A study in selected Canadian universities of deans' roles and functions tried to identify the dimensions of an effective deanship, focusing on these variables and their interrelationships: managerial effectiveness, conflict-handling modes, length of time in office, and size of the faculty. (MSE)