This research indicates that the type of rule administration exhibited by school principals has an important effect on various aspects and elements of the educational organization as reflected in the attitudes of teachers toward the administrator's behavior. (Author/IRT)

In educational research, explanatory models (such as the Iannaccone-Lutz model of school board change) are theoretical; they set concepts in relation one to another and are followed by verification-operational studies. They do not specify situational-operational indicators, so their prediction reliability may not be as good in one context as in…

Loosely coupled educational organizations exhibit structural similarities to preliterate societies in their lack of formal leadership and control. The identification of social outsiders as "witches" to explain disasters affecting preliterate societies may have its counterpart in educational organizations when nonconformists are irrationally…

Examined is the assertion by Douglas Mitchell that the dissatisfaction theory be abandoned because it has not been able to predict the political upheavals it described. Reported is the first incumbent defeat as well as suggestions on why prediction should not be the only goal for a social/political theory. (24 references) (SI)

This study reanalyzes data collected in 1977 from 95 Ohio school districts and develops a theory of dissatisfaction that may accurately predict school board elections. According to the theory, only when people are dissatisfied enough will they become politically active. Seven tables and 16 references are included. (WTH)

Insufficient funds are being spent for educational administration training programs. (LR)