The creator of the Policy Governance model explains a system whereby the superintendent/CEO is not responsible for governance. Under Policy Governance, the board is solely responsible for describing and fulfilling its own job (determining what the public purchases for the next generation), and the administrators run the schools. (MLH)

During the Perth meeting of the Australian Education Council (AEC) on July 1-2, 1993, policy making power shifted from the AEC to the states and from Labor to non-Labor ministers. Labor ministerial power directed public education through much of the 1980s, when the rhetoric of national partnership was all-pervasive. At the July conference, the…

Findings from a study to identify changes in school board political values and school district policy as a result of change in school board members following community dissatisfaction are presented in this paper. The narrow objective was to analyze change in board members' political values and subsequent policy changes resulting from social change…

Colorado's Public School Finance Act of 1988 directed all public school districts to implement state goals for improving achievement, graduation, and attendance rates. Districts and individual schools were required to develop accountability committees involving parents, staff, students, and community members in planning and evaluating school and…

This document presents a Michigan State Advisory Council for Vocational Education report on the status of, and need for, career and vocational guidance in the schools. It discusses projected changes in the labor force; decreases in the number of youth entering the workforce; and increases in the numbers of high school dropouts, pregnant teenagers,…

This monograph explores the implicit and explicit public policy issues inherent in the debate over who is responsible for teacher certification and standards. A question is raised on the process to be used in making key decisions about the content of teacher education programs and entry into teaching. The issue of whether state agencies will…

A questionnaire was sent to all 256 public school districts in the State of Oregon, requesting information on policies towards students or personnel with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The survey was designed to see if districts had either a written or unwritten policy specifically designed to deal with AIDS. Responses indicated that…

Issues of statewide control and coordination of higher education are discussed, based on the experience of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. The conclusions of two papers are also briefly considered: "State Control of Public Universities and Its Relationship to Academic Quality: Results of a National Study" (Frederick…

The development, implementation, and modification of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools' Quality Education/Racial Balance Policy of 1975 provides the case example of how experts and the specialized knowledge they employ are part of the educational politics of a postindustrial community. In the existing literature, there are competing…

A sociologist gives a personal account of the way in which he helped devise an experimental course for some of the 3,500 lay people, teachers and students who have recently, through structural reform, become responsible for the government of a city's schools by service on representative governing boards. (AJ)

Changes are needed in certification standards for professionals in the health, physical education, and recreation fields. Because certification for individuals differs from program accreditation, which is already controlled by the profession, certification leadership structures must change. Until the American Alliance for Health, Physical…

As part of an inservice education program, papers are presented from a 1978 conference that addressed major issues of the 1980s in statewide coordination and governance in postsecondary education, along with excerpts from a 1977 conference on the relationship between higher education and government as seen from abroad. In the introduction to the…

The three participants in educational policy-making include public representatives, professional educators, and the general public. Although public representatives are underpaid and under pressure, they are often criticized for ignoring public opinion and delegating too much power to superintendents. Professional educators have been blamed for…

This ten-year longitudinal case study examined collective bargaining between the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers and the Pittsburgh School Board. Data were collected by reviewing all formal contract proposals for the years 1968-1978. To ascertain the impact of collective bargaining on educational policy, policy issues were separated from…

This guide was developed by the New York State Education department to assist schools in the formation, review, or redesign of school smoking policies. Basic considerations and policy rationale are discussed. A description of policy establishment involves: (1) formation of a task force, drawing members from school and community; (2) selection of…