Major current uses of the term "autonomy" are reviewed to make explicit the major referent bases implicit in the literature. The implications of changes in these bases for future change in education are discussed. (HMD)

Experiences at a junior high school in the ghetto are recounted by a former teacher there to illustrate how the principalship became the focus of a highly personalized power system. (GW)

Examines school-based decision making, discussing its promise for urban settings, describing implementation of local control in New York and Detroit, highlighting decentralization effects in four locations, and making recommendations based on similarities and differences between and among sites that may be instructive to other urban settings…

This paper is a declaration of need for emphasis on development, evaluation, and innovation in the education of urban non-white immigrant students. (MM)