This paper is not so much about research on school leadership delivery systems as it is about instructional methodologies, concepts, and ideas for rethinking the relationship between theoretical frameworks and the broader issue of practical applications for quality educationabout what it means to restructure schools or meet the needs of todays…

This digest discusses a contemporary rationale for decentralizing fiscal decisions through school-based budgeting (SBB). It comments on procedural, legal, and equity considerations; reviews several studies of SBB implementation in urban districts; and identifies emerging policy and research directions. The rationale behind SBB includes the finding…

This book is part of a series of case studies that demonstrate better ways to educate Ohio's students. The case study is part of the Transforming Learning Communities (TLC) Project, designed to support significant school-reform efforts among Ohio's elementary, middle, and high schools. The text describes an elementary school serving a homogeneous…

This book is part of a series of case studies that demonstrate better ways to educate Ohio's students. The case study is part of the Transforming Learning Communities (TLC) Project, designed to support significant school-reform efforts among Ohio's elementary, middle, and high schools. This report describes the implementation of an innovative…

Studied 11 schools that began implementing the Accelerated Schools program in 1994, focusing on two randomly selected "coaches" from each district who received special university training and guided schools through the implementation process. The coaching delivery model proved quite successful but could have improved its coach-selection…

Examines the potential for radically reengineering the (British) educational system. Proposes radical changes in schooling's political/educational interface. Urges educational policymakers to follow five rules: prioritize ruthlessly, invest productively, think strategically, learn constantly, and collaborate effectively. An incoming government…

Proposes a vision for schooling in the third millennium, based on two previous works and an upcoming book "Beyond the Self-Managing School." Analyzes the reform of school education by critiquing the development of self-managing schools. Identifies three "tracks" in the reengineering of public education for a knowledge society…

New forms of education have replaced the public-private school dichotomy of the past. The effectiveness of these new structures, such as charter schools and voucher systems, remains unproved, but the national interest in them is undeniable, and their most important contribution may lie in the interest they create in innovation that promises real…

Profiles a Milford, Connecticut, middle school's efforts to help Eric Kowalchick, a developmentally disabled adolescent, develop life skills and friendships, prepare for work, pursue school and community club memberships, and attend high school classes. The school's mainstreaming program is a success, thanks to an institutional mission understood…

Today, Americans rank education as one of their top concerns. This article describes the implications of two main directions for educational improvement: (1) reinvesting in public schools to provide all children with equal access to quality education; or (2) divesting from public schools through vouchers for private and parochial institutions.…

NASSP's 1996 report "Breaking Ranks" views principals as pivotal to restructuring high schools. Freeing principals from excessive management entanglements and hiring and training knowledgeable, trustworthy, and credible individuals will help achieve restructuring goals. Credibility characterizes those who are unquestionably honest, value…

Studies of the principalship have failed to keep pace with the changing contexts in which principals must act. Advocates an edited topical life-history approach to address this problem. Illustrates this claim, using a Western Australia study exploring why some principals are more successful than others at guiding school restructuring initiatives.…

Provides detailed examples of the components of Title I as recently revised and suggests alternative ways that the program's new flexibility can be used to enhance school reform. Revised Title I audit procedures are also designed to promote improved program performance and increased understanding of the law. (SLD)

This special issue provides diverse data sets on a school-improvement initiative in Memphis, Tennessee. The effort seems unusually promising because of top-down district support for eight separate site-based reform designs, planners' reliance on New American Schools and other familiar designs, long-term data-collection opportunities, accessible…

"Schoolyard Bullies" deals with the Sullivan Royal Commission on Education in British Columbia (Canada), the school reform it initiated, usually called "Year 2000," and what has happened in the province's schools since that reform effort was abandoned. New emphases in reform efforts in British Columbia stress vocationalism.…