In this reaction, the author concentrates on evaluating the study's broader interpretive claims. He states that the articles reviewed have the following three purposes: (1) to explore the ways in which a variety of factors shape school change over time; (2) to show how the five factors combine at key points in the story to create what Ivor…

Offers activities that foster sharing, supporting, and risk taking for teachers seeking to change instructional practice to implement the NCTM "Professional Teaching Standards." Reviews common obstacles to change, reviews individual and collective professional behaviors that support change, and makes eight recommendations to enhance the…

Presents a model which merges the concepts of entrepreneurship with those of strategic planning to create a library management system. Each step of the process, including needs assessment and policy formation, strategy choice and implementation, and evaluation, is described in detail. (CLB)

Different groups have different ideas about how schools should be restructured. Although decision-making and control are increasingly shared with other groups, the principal remains most accountable. Innovative leadership styles, such as the inhouse critic and the master generalist, address issues of curriculum totality, function, and goals.…

Addresses some problems associated with technological change and examines the nature of data and technology, organizations, and computer-mediated work. Concepts of sociotechnical systems design are related to library automation, and a set of strategies for facilitating technological change is proposed. (29 references) (Author/CLB)

Comments on current efforts to evaluate and improve United States schools, especially the conclusions and recommendations of national education reports, tendencies in responding to them, and issues inadequately addressed by them. Both equity and excellence are important, it is suggested, and excellence may be achieved through challenge of familiar…

This paper on staff development proposes one dimension of the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM), Stages of Concern, as a diagnostic tool for use by counselors, administrators, staff developers and other change facilitators who are responsible for the timing and delivery of staff development experiences. A rationale for staff development, the…

Provides a retrospective review of a book published in 1962, "Advanced Data Processing in Libraries," by Schultheiss, Culbertson, and Heiliger, which was one of the first books to present a systematic view of library computerization. This review attempts to consider how accurate that view was. (Author/CLB)

The executive director of the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association offers seven steps to "shore up" school administrators' leadership skills. States that mobilizing people to tackle tough problems is what good leaders do. (Contains 10 references.) (MLF)

"The Executive Educator" in the second year of the "Profiles in Excellence" series focuses on innovative instruction, honoring 25 outstanding programs chosen by a panel of preeminent judges. Each of the 10 first place winners will receive an IBM personal computer and printer. (MLF)

This discussion includes a review of Drucker's concept of entrepreneurship, a current management trend in which organizations encourage entrepreneurship and innovation from employees. Drucker's discussion of public service institutions and the relationship of those points to library management are highlighted. (CLB)

Answers teachers' hypothetical objections to computers in the classroom, especially their concerns about programing skills, time limitations, software, suitability, and proper usage. Compares future societal impact of computers to that of earlier technological advances like automobiles, telephones, and mass communication systems. (MLH)

Three architectural firms propose possible solutions to the problem of integrating daylight and artificial light in a library/media center. Illustrations are provided. (DCS)

Presents various ideas and suggestions for day care directors. These include reasons for executive failure; profiles of communicator effectiveness; ideas for retaining donor gifts; descriptions of qualities of outstanding consultants; and suggestions for using power effectively and holding effective staff meetings. (BB)

This paper presents the traditional public school as a multiheaded turtle in a shell of established procedure suspended by public patronage over a boiling cauldron of threat and uncertainty, hoping to avoid swinging cleavers of changing socioeconomic conditions. Leadership by creative, proactive administrators who can utilize vision,…