Given the pace of their work, school administrators often find it difficult to sift through the massive volume of primary academic research produced each year to find specific pieces that might be useful to inform their practice. In response to this issue, the author developed and implemented a strategy to filter research for local relevance and…

This study investigates the predictors of school practitioners' (N = 2,425) use of educational research. The suggested model explained significantly but modestly the infrequent use of educational research by practitioners. Of the four factors in the study, "opinions about research" had the most explanatory power. The results are…

This report concerns the capital building programs and their costs. Comments and recommendations are made concerning enrollment projections and their bearing on the need for additional school accommodation, utilization of existing accommodation, procedures for approval of capital building projects, and financing capital building programs.…