As the recipient of 1 of 40 National Academy for School Executives-Danforth Foundation Fellowships, this author lists observations on American education derived from the fellowship's 2 month study leave program. (JC)

This article examines and assesses the aims, establishment, and teaching methods of the 41 institutes of technology in Algeria. (DE)

Seventeen Asian member states have joined this program to stimulate educational innovation linked to problems of development. (DE)

This document presents the perspectives of a British educational leader on the school improvement councils of Massachusetts. Comparisons are made between the Massachusetts Teachers' Association and the National Union of Teachers in London, including the bureaucratic apparati of each nation. The "school improvement council is a product of its…

Course offerings with an international focus have expanded rapidly in secondary schools in the United States in the last decade, and research is needed to explore how global and international education goals may be achieved. Four models for organizing the research agenda are presented: (1) organization around a study of influences upon global and…

Olomana School, operated by the Hawaiian Department of Education, serves youths who have been placed in the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF), the Hawaii State Hospital (HSH), and the Detention Home (DH). During the 1988 summer semester, Olomana School implemented the Extended School Year Program; the school day was expanded to six periods…

More state activity aimed at improving public education took place in the 1980s than ever before. Many of their efforts concentrated on three themes: increasing academic content, upgrading the teaching force, and enhancing state and local financial support for schools. In addition to examining reform activities in Arizona, California, Florida,…

The school development office, the part of the school that interacts with the outside community, is necessary to facilitate community involvement and support. Financial limitations that restrict the development staff to one person necessitate the creation and implementation of an organized, effective development plan. Chapters in this guidebook…

Broadly defined, human resource development (HRD) involves the education, training, and utilization of human potentials for social and economic progress. Of five interdependent energizers for HRD (education, health and nutrition, the environment, employment, and political and economic freedom), education is an essential factor for improving all…

This guide to 25 Northeastern schools honored by the United States Department of Education Secondary Recognition Program in 1982-83 profiles the schools from the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode Island. Each school is profiled through a description of the school, the community served, selected programs and…

There is a great need to build effective partnerships to serve rural communites. Rural schools are excellent places for new private sector partnerships, especially those concerned with utilizing the new educational technology uniquely suited to compensate for rural isolation and lack of financial and cultural resources. In many rural areas, the…

This examination of implications of African economic conditions for educational policy considers problems which arise in the attempt to relate economic circumstances to education. The first of three parts compares product levels of about 50 African countries with selected developed countries and a number of developing countries outside Africa,…

In reporting the history and status of the National Adult Education Programme of India (NAEP), a five-year literacy campaign (1979-84) that was designed to educate approximately 100 million persons, this study emphasizes the program's preparatory phase and its monitoring/evaluation systems. After a survey of the literacy needs and past literacy…

In two parts, this book focuses on change management as a constant challenge to organizational life, and it applies business organization and management theory to the educational enterprise. In part I, Stanley Goodchild discusses his role in the development of Garth Hill School, London, England, since 1982 and describes the internal mechanics of…

This paper outlines the structure underlying the School Success Project in Hawaii, a group working for school renewal using the partnership structure developed by John Goodlad's National Network for Educational Renewal and Hawaii-developed strategies for school success. The advantages of the partnership concept are discussed, and then details of…