Describes implementation of several different classroom organization plans within Wyoming's Douglas Elementary School East, allowing for response to varied student needs, parent wishes, and teachers' styles. The principal's role in the program is outlined. (PGD)

The principal of P.S. 84 in New York City recounts how his school has, with the aid of parents, managed to change and implement open education while suffering from staff cuts and other consequences of reduced funding. (IRT)

THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN YUGOSLAVIA, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, THE OPERATING POLICIES, AND THE CHANGES AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR ARE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL. THE DESCRIPTION IS PRESENTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS--(1) THE YUGOSLAV STATE AND THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING A…

Individually Guided Education (IGE) is an alternative to the traditional age-graded form of elementary schooling. In a typical IGE school, the principal shares her/his authority with leaders of units in decision-making domains and reaches decision by consensus. The leader of a unit in turn shares his/her authority with unit teachers in making…

This paper describes findings from a study of school capacity, defined as the ability of schools to improve their practices and to sustain those improvements over time. Two schools in the San Francisco Bay Area (California) that have sustained success with distinct, though opposite, pedagogical approaches were examined to determine what makes a…

Describes the "schools-within-a-school" elementary program at Broken Ground School in Concord, New Hampshire, where parents and teachers are involved in choosing the learning environment best suited for each child, either the more formal "Conventional School" or the more individualized "Continuous Progress School."…

Educational opportunity in the United States and Mexico is an important factor in the process of expanding social and economic opportunities, as well as political and civil rights in both countries. Yet, by national and international indicators, many Mexican American and Mexican children are underserved by public schools in both countries; and…

THE ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, NEW YORK, OFFERED A PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THEIR PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES. AN APPRAISAL OF THE PRESENT SERVICES SHOWED THAT OVERLAP AND LACK OF COORDINATION WERE AMONG THE MAJOR PROBLEMS ALONG WITH A SHORTAGE OF NECESSARY PERSONNEL. ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS, COUNSELORS OF VARIOUS TRAINING…

In this paper some comparisons are made between the British Primary School system and the American school system. For example, the role of the British headmaster/mistress is considerably more powerful than the role of the American principal in areas concerning curriculum content, school personnel, use of auxiliary personnel, scheduling of…

Suggests that the principal must develop the leadership style of a facilitator to allow each teacher to reach an optimal level of efficiency. (Editor/RK)

A survey of 150 elementary schools was conducted to examine the organizational characteristics, not the characteristics of individual teachers, that facilitate or impede mainstreaming implementation. Individual variables were grouped into three categories--communication/information variables, administrator variables, and demographic variables. (SB)

Conceptualizes faculty loyalty as a multidimensional construct with at least four levels of loyalty, to the district, principal, colleagues, and the association. Discusses a New Jersey study probing organizational factors that facilitate development of faculty loyalty in urban elementary schools. School properties predicting one aspect of loyalty…

TO INVESTIGATE, DESCRIBE, AND EVALUATE THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GUIDANCE IN TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TO RELATE THESE CHARACTERISTICS TO THE PRINCIPALS' CONCEPTS OF GUIDANCE, A THREE-PART QUESTIONNAIRE WAS DEVELOPED, TESTED, AND MAILED TO 359 ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS. THE QUESTIONNAIRES ELICITED GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE…

Genuine school reform demands the redistribution of staff, space, and time within individual schools. Parallel block scheduling lets each teacher work with smaller groups of students daily. Sample scheduling and reading placements are provided. Includes 10 references. (MLH)

Reliance on the "delegation model" in public education has created a fundamental gap between families and schools. The Accelerated Schools Project has helped two poverty-afflicted, minority-populated elementary schools in the San Francisco Bay Area enlist parents and mobilize community agencies to achieve shared improvement goals.…