Although reports calling for middle level schooling reform first appeared in the mid-1970s, change has been slow to come. In Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century (1989), the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development outlined eight essential elements of middle level education. Drawing from the Carnegie Council's…

Reports on the impact of being in a Professional Development Schools network on seven Utah schools (four elementary, one junior, and two high schools) over five years. Identifies and analyzes the catalysts that promoted teachers' professional development and school reform, as well as the road blocks to effective reform. (SR)

Indicates that women experiencing a midlife crisis pass through five recognizable stages: (1) feeling trapped, (2) the first change, (3) multiple changes, (4) rational planning, and (5) implementing the plan. (NKA)

Reports findings of a survey of elementary and secondary school teachers concerning the effectiveness of faculty meetings. Concludes that there is a need for more faculty involvement in planning and conducting the meetings. (FL)

Discusses the report "A Nation at Risk" and its effect on American education over the past decade. Presents data from a nationwide survey regarding the extent to which the report's recommendations have been carried out. Finds that the report has had little effect on education. Suggests reasons why the report had so little influence. (HB)

Describes an intervention model developed and implemented in a secondary school with a high suspension rate and a disproportionately high suspension rate for minority group students. (FL)

Explores the relationship between types of school music training and students' understanding of the basic components of music. (FL)

Reprints an article originally published in 1949. Determines the relative effects on learning of problem-centered and subject-centered units of instruction. Finds that pupils learned significantly more factual information and made more connections of specific rules of action with their corresponding facts with the problem type. Suggests that…

Focuses on career problems and development of women who aspire to the position of school superintendent. Presents a history of female administrators, reviews major barriers to female superintendency, and summarizes three recent studies about females and the position of superintendent. (SRT)

Discusses how one school district involved students in curriculum planning as an outgrowth of a district-wide unit in leisure-time study. (FL)

Discusses the components of curriculum alignment (agreement among stated objectives, instructional program, and assessment program) and presents the results and conclusions of a statewide curriculum alignment survey of the principals of Connecticut's public high schools. (SR)

Examines the role and functioning of teacher education advisory committees (TEACs), which assist in the design development, revision, and ongoing assessment of teacher licensure programs within an institution. Finds that significant power sharing and close working relationships between teacher education programs and TEACs have not yet been…

Describes a two-week summer workshop designed for middle school science teachers and based on the modeling of teaching methods and techniques. Advocates active workshops and provides data from a workshop evaluation showing how effective such a workshop can be. (HB)

Discusses the use of standardized test results as a guide to developing curriculum content and uses data gathered at Hellgate Elementary School, Montana, as an example. (JC)

Determined factors contributing to teacher morale, using a wide range of administrator/teacher and teacher/teacher organizational climate variables. Findings indicate that the ability of teachers to agree on the priority of goals is the main predictor of teacher morale. (SRT)