The presentation explores the efficiency of the Moulton-Blake managerial Grid as the theoretical base for a decision simulation focusing on the leadership styles practiced by elementary principals. Three decision areas--organization, curriclum, and interpersonal relations--are identified as key areas in which elementary principals are expected to…

The Town of Manassas Park (Virginia) officially became a city in 1975; shortly thereafter the State Board of Education certified the city as a separate school division. This report provides data regarding the method of initiating a viable and legal school division for 2,200 students to be in operation by September 1, 1976. Parameters set by city…

At the present time, over 2,000 elementary schools in this country have adopted a model known as Individually Guided Education (IGE). This research carried out in 59 elementary schools in Connecticut disputed the claim of IGE advocates that the organizational component of the IGE model known as Multi Unit School (MUS) offers a more facilitative…

In order to survive creativity in and change educational organizations, the decision-maker needs to understand how these organizations presently function. Educational organizations are discussed as sociopolitical systems and a conceptual framework is proposed for analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The five functions that…

The definitions in this document are organized in four sections in order to facilitate their use with the Program Planning Manual and Needs Assessment Tables. "Teacher/Student Organization" defines the classroom teacher, reading teacher, team of teachers, aide (working for salary), volunteer aide, cross-age teaching, peer tutoring,…

This paper describes a conceptual framework that can order the host of changes occuring in institutional structure as a consequence of recent learner-centered reform in postsecondary education. Several schemata are examined, and a functional systematization of structures suggested; however, none of these purports to be a completely satisfactory…

Suggested methods for improving school organization, curriculum development, and educational planning are provided relative to the problems and constraints of rural one- and two-teacher schools. Particularly emphasized are procedures for scheduling and organizing classroom activities, developing curricula to meet the needs of rural students, and…

This issue of the "Review of Educational Research" attempts to cover the larger issues and to organize around some of the problem lines of instructional materials in educational media and technology. In its four chapters, each with a different author, the research review encompasses five broad areas: the design and selection of media, utilization…

This bibliography is compiled for persons who wish to understand organizational change as it occurs in the schools or who wish to enable it to happen more surely. Most of the entries deal with processes, structures, or events in the schools or their environments. Writings about other organizations are included only when they translate easily to…

At the 1972 annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, a group of communication students and scholars met to discuss what their departments are designed to accomplish. The purpose of this Action Caucus was to develop a model mission statement for communication departments located in urban settings. Three conclusions are warranted from…

There exists a body of theory and assumption that runs squarely at odds with that which has provided the ideological underpinnings of educational administration as it has been developed over the past two decades. The ideological conflict between these two views rests on two fundamentally different ways of looking at the world. One is the…

The American Indian Law Student Association (AILSA) at the University of New Mexico Law School developed and secured approval for a Indian clinical law program. Funded by the Donner Foundation, AILSA aided in the development of a student bill of rights and responsibilities for Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding schools. The law program is discussed…

In 1970 the National Center for Educational Research and Development (CER) reviewed United States Office of Education (USOE) Bureau of Research policies over the previous 15 years, and as a result of this review, initiated the Directed Research Program. This program will concentrate funds in four areas of high educational significance and will be…

The purpose of this theoretical paper is to describe a set of models for the instructional organization of the multiunit secondary school. The school's instructional organization is viewed as a mechanism for structuring resources to influence learning outcomes. The multiunit elementary school (MUS-E) models served as the point of departure for…

This bibliography attempts to deal mainly with the role of the professional in a differentiated staffing arrangement. Included are books, research reports, theses, pamphlets, and journal articles. Many references cited from RIE are identified by their "ED" order numbers. A list of five other bibliographies on the subject is appended. No attempt is…