Describes a short-term intervention program, the Awareness, Readiness, and Commitment (ARC) workshop, that provides the opportunity for school staffs to explore factors that have utility for effective change. (Author/MLF)

Simulation is an appropriate technique for inservice education. Current research on simulation lends credibility to its usefulness as a training technique. A simulation game called "Choices" is described. (Author/MLF)

A form of simulation, "Reflective Teaching," is a carefully structured form of peer teaching that requires a group of interested teachers willing to teach in the presence of each other. (Author/MLF)

Parents, professors, and teachers collaborated on a Teacher Corps project that focused on school change. A participant observer recounts how group members' views, perceptions, and attitudes were modified over time. (Author/MLF)

A work-study team is the core of a school-university collaboration benefiting everyone involved. (Author)

The Annehurst Curriculum Classification System (ACCS) identifies curriculum materials compatible with student learning characteristics. The development of the ACCS and its use in Annehurst School in Westerville (Ohio) are described. The system originator explains how schools are using it and what researchers have discovered about the quality of…

The author, responding to an article in the November 1980 "Educational Leadership" criticizing his original article in the April 1980 issue of the journal, maintains his argument that, according to research, disadvantaged students do prefer accepting, flexible teachers, as shown in the television series "Welcome Back Kotter." (MLF)

The National Diffusion Network (NDN) not only alerts educators to exemplary education programs, but also provides inservice training before and after a program adoption. (Author)

An innovative and cost-effective means of expanding curricular offerings for the rural school is the use of computer-assisted instruction, extension courses offered through correspondence, audiovisual courses, and videotape courses. (Author/MLF)

Research findings reveal that successful arts programs offer a wide variety of arts; incorporate the broadest possible range of stimuli, materials, tools, and processes; and focus on historical, ethnic, and formal elements. (Author/MLF)

Studies about how schools improve indicate that the process of improvement happens simultaneously on two levels: the individual teacher level and the level of the school as an organization. Staff development, networking, and problem-centered activities are current approaches found promising for school improvement. (Author/MLF)

Despite bad news about education, a large national study shows that school improvement efforts are successful and not random. The study was a three-year effort to examine government practices encouraging school growth. (MD)

A study of school improvement found that successful implementation of new practices is occurring at a high rate and is due mainly to teachers' efforts. The development of teacher commitment after change implementation is important in the process. (MD)

School improvement efforts involving implementation of new practices need support at two levels: assistance focused on the content, and assistance focused on the context. Assisters should include central office staff, principals, teachers, and external assisters. (MD)

Studies of educational change have not looked at institutionalization of new programs. This study found four approaches to institutionalizing changes: (1) mandated, stable use; (2) skillful, committed use; (3) vulnerability; and (4) indifference. Teacher-administrator harmony is critical to success. (MD)