Provides several guidelines drawn from the successful experiences of the Education Service Center concept in Texas for intermediate service unit involvement in educational planning. (Author/JH)

Examines general trends in the development of Regional Education Service Agencies. (Author/DN)

The data from this survey of the attitudes of teachers, administrators, board of education members, and selected lay citizens lend support to the existing literature that reveals much support for regional cooperation, even in light of the many sensitive issues presently facing public education. (Author/JH)

Examines the factors that lead to the success of one regional education organization and the failure of a comparable one. The study demonstrates that organizational arrangements and leadership within the centers themselves were much more critical to survival or death than were environmental conditions. (Author/IRT)

Defines the existing model of cooperative legal services offered in a regional service agency. The purpose of the service is to give legal opinion on topics of immediate concern, to review legal implications of school policies, and to provide information on legal issues and trends affecting all client schools. (Author/IRT)

Involvement of a large number of diverse educational units (local school districts, intermediate school districts, community colleges, universities) in regional educational planning is becoming more prevalent. In Michigan a model has been developed and is being used in a five-county planning region. (Author)