Development teams in Hawaii are using local emphasis, teacher training, and field support to create successful new curriculums. (Author)

Professionals with specialized training are not the only ones capable of evaluation. Increasingly evident is the skillful use in curriculum evaluation of a variety of qualitative methods by interested people. (Author/MLF)

New curriculum developments, supervisory strategies, and management techniques in 16 major city school systems are helping students and redefining the roles of supervisors and principals. Common elements are strong leadership, more authority for principals, and school-based management. (Author/MLF)

Two rebuttals to William Cooley's criticisms of Title I programs in the January 1981 issue of "Educational Leadership" claim he incorrectly interpreted the data on the effectiveness of the programs. Cooley responds. (MLF)

A member of the research team that reported characteristics of unusually effective London (England) high schools discusses how educators can use the findings to improve their own schools. (Author/MLF)

A new audiovisual technology, the videodisc, is beginning to make its presence felt in education. The capabilities of one format--the reflective optical videodisc system--are described. (Author/MLF)

Ponders the transitory nature of some educational innovations, the resistence of the school system to outside forces, and two conditions without precedence: the reality of nuclear weapons and the women's movement. (MLF)

Research overwhelmingly supports the usefulness of cooperative learning for improving the social outcomes of schooling, such as intergroup relations, attitudes toward mainstreamed students, and general positive relations between students. (Author)

With budget cutbacks and the continuing loss of qualified teachers, the computer is potentially our strongest tool for improving productivity. (Author)

With traditional methods, schools can expect to have fewer dollars for instruction every year. Computer-assisted learning will help cut costs and improve learning rates. (Two subsequent articles respond.) (Author)

Maintains that in the previous article Dammeyer's methodological approach and assumptions about the future are highly questionable, but his conclusion is correct. (JM)

Maintains that most of Dammeyer's projections in a previous article are convincing, but faults his assumption that economic pressure is sufficient to create the climate for change. (Author/JM)

To improve teacher performance today, leaders must focus on intangible rewards. The principle of equal treatment of unequals has discouraged excellence and rewarded mediocrity. (Author)

Strong schools have strong cultures evidenced by their heroes and heroines, rituals and ceremonies, and shared beliefs and values. (Author)

Successful management of an American school--like the operation of a Japanese industry--involves long-term development of personnel, trust between workers, participative decision making, and a shared philosophy. (Author)