The reentry court model was created to address the risks and needs of offenders returning to the community during the period immediately following release. While there is growing interest in reentry courts, research to date has been limited. This study utilized a quasi-experimental design, comparing reentry court participants with traditional…

This paper reports on the final phase of a three-part study on the status of instructional supervision within several New York City public schools. In the first parts of the study the researchers found, through extensive use of surveys (questionnaires and interviews), that centralized educational reform had serious consequences for instructional…

Examines the transition from hierarchical to collegial teacher-administrator relationships in a central New York school district. The district's new supervision model requires teachers to assume responsibility for their individual professional growth and administrators to help teachers become self-directed and self-evaluating. Discusses…