A number of problems are encountered in "structural interventions" (direct changes introduced into the decisionmaking structure of a school) designed to create a mechanism through which teachers can exercise power over matters, internal to the school, that require decision and to provide a means through which the teachers of a school can…

Reported is an investigation designed to (1) utilize the Carroll model as a framework for implementing a mastery learning strategy in a nongraded setting, (2) identify the Carroll model as a possible theoretical basis for administrative decisions regarding the organizational structuring of schools, and (3) test certain hypotheses derived from the…

This speech, by the co-author of a bibliography of studies of pupil control, reviews literature on that subject, differentiating between studies on Pupil Control Ideology (PCI) and Pupil Control Behavior (PCB), describing instances of their interrelationship, and weighing the various merits of PCI and PCB instruments. The author concludes that…

An important facet of governance and administration in a college or university is the role of the department chairman. This revised version of an address delivered at Memphis State University on 14 November 1973 directs attention to the wider role of department chairmen. The department chairman's primary duties should be: (1) representation of the…

SEVERAL CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ORGANIZATION AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO STAFF CONFLICT WERE STUDIED. A SAMPLE OF 1,976 FACULTY MEMBERS IN 28 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS WAS SELECTED FOR QUESTIONING AND INTERVIEWING. THE FINDINGS DISCUSSED WERE (1) TYPICAL PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION, (2) ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL VARIABLES AND CONFLICT,…

Describes program organizations and the scope of course offerings in high schools of different enrollment classifications. (Author)

An Illinois school district decided, on an experimental basis, to drop junior high schools and go back to a K-8 organization. In the first year of a three-year experiment, average student learning growth in all subjects was 11 months at the K-7 buildings compared to six months at the junior high school. (MLF)

This report on the 2001-2002 Private School Universe presents data on private schools in the United States with grades kindergarten through twelve by selected characteristics such as school size, school level, religious orientation, association membership, geographic region, community type, and program emphasis. The number of teachers and students…

This paper has been extracted from a follow-through study of thirty-eight secondary schools involved in the trial of a Schools Council (England) curriculum projects.

Differentiated staffing is a fundamental change, not a peripheral one, in school personnel practices, contends the writer, who feels it gives true meaning to the phrase career ladder.'' (Editor)

The failure of mass education throughout the world is discussed. (DB)

Describes the educational reform of the Italian middle school system from a fragmented system of separate vocational and academic schools to a unified comprehensive middle school system. Effects on the high school system are also mentioned. (AN)