This paper posits that it is necessary to evoke the development of an adequate federal KPU (Knowledge Production and Utilization) program in education which will command broad-based support within and outside the profession and that this demands a reformulation of the conceptual structure on which the program is built. Section 1 offers a…

The results of this study reveal the sources of information apt to go into an information system for education. As part of a national study of the research and development (R&D) capacity of schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs), indices of productivity for such units were derived on six variables: (1) the number of articles…

A partial rejoinder to an earlier article (EAQ Winter, volume 8, 1972) reporting an empirical test of the so-called Clark-Guba model of educational change. (Author/JH)

The section on "organizational structure and governance" in the sixth edition of the Encyclopedia of Educational Research differs from other editions. It is the first that reflects with some breadth and depth alternative, neo-orthodox perspectives that challenge the traditional understandings of organizing and governing. This nonorthodox…

In 1867, a bill was passed by Congress establishing a department of education. The appropriations for the department were reduced almost immediately, and the status of the agency was undercut by reassigning it as an office in the Department of Interior. From 1867 to 1954, the United States Office of Education (USOE) and the federal government were…

This article portrays the levels of productivity in research and development (R&D) of schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs); identifies the highest producing SCDEs; and contrasts overall SCDE productivity in R&D with other generic classes of producers in education. (Author/AM)

A review of the literature and a discussion with experts provided the data supporting 12 generalizations about success factors in urban elementary schools. Three clusters were particularly important: leadership, teaching personnel, and curriculum and instruction. (IRT)

The method by which the systems view of educational knowledge production and utilization (KPU) has emerged from the federal experience of the last twenty years (1954-1974) is discussed. The impact of this approach on more recent federal KPU programs is considered, and the suitability of such an approach with regard to meeting the proposed criteria…

Teaching and instruction are the prime mission of schools of education, with research occupying a position of approximately equal stature only in the research center institutions. Other mission areas are perceived by faculty as not central to schools of education. (Author)

President Reagan's plan to reduce federal government and increase states' responsibility for public services was designed to encourage competition and efficiency through a "New Federalism." Since 1981, Reagan has reduced federal aid to education by $15 billion, causing problems for individual states, special needs groups, and educational…

The hypothesis that newly appointed deans experience a "honeymoon" when faculty expectations are very high was explored in a study of 163 teacher education institutions. Faculty members did anticipate a change in institutional mission and more help in getting outside funds from new deans. Strategies for veteran deans are suggested. (PP)

Notes that the current policy of the Federal Government in support of educational Research and Development is more comprehensive, vigorous and supportive than any previous policy or combination of policies have been in this arena. (Author/AM)

The nation's diverse teacher education programs must contend with demands for curricular revision and public school improvement, decreasing enrollments and budgets, and competition from private research labs and funded teacher centers. Discusses those conditions that affect teacher training schools, colleges, and departments and analyzes the…

Reviews the history and conclusions of school effectiveness research, which focuses on student achievement, and of school improvement research, which emphasizes educational innovation per se; analyzes the methodologies of these two lines of inquiry. Distills from both bodies of literature seven school characteristics that constitute excellence.…