Approach suggested by this article calls for the creation of two new roles--those of training specialist and extension educational specialist--who, from their school district and university bases, respectively, would act as educational change agents. (Author/CB)

Author, assistant professor at Hunter College, personally employed two former student teachers as co-teachers. This experience is described and evaluated. (CB)

Reports results of study conducted in suburban school districts to determine relationship existing between perceptions teachers hold of themselves and their patterns of verbal interaction in the classroom. (DS)

Laboratory school facilities are in a desirable position to maintain awareness and understanding of current problems through state and national conferences and school visitations. (DS)

Focuses on the philosophy of Sudbury Valley School, Framingham, Massachusetts, which stresses self-motivation, individual freedom, and responsibility. (DS)

Reports on a five-year experimental program at the University of Chicago to train teachers for urban schools. Program was financed by the Ford Foundation. (DS)

Author defines and describes the criteria, the necessary conditions, and the essential components of relevant innovation in education. (Author/CB)

Primary purpose of evaluation is to cause educators to look at the process and the product of education and to utilize evaluation data as a corrective tool. (Authors)

The Organizational Health Description Questionnaire (OHDQ) was developed by the authors because no known instrument existed that would lend itself to the measurement of organizational health as defined by Matthew B. Miles. (Authors)

Performance contracting is sometimes expensive and not necessarily successful. Opportune school university programs as evidenced by the Atlanta public Schools project mean utilizing the combined resources to provide optimum in educational opportunities. (DS)

Suggests eight ways in which boards of education can select successful negotiating teams. (DS)

The Self-Instruction Center is the name given to the location for students who participate in an experimental project at Webber Junior High School in Saginaw, Michigan for students experiencing behavioral as well as learning difficulties. (Authors/CB)

The values of teacher choice and decision making should not be swept away or sacrificed for the values of efficiency or manageability. Both have a place, but at different levels, in the curriculum system. (Author/CB)

In order for curriculum workers to plan and organize in an orderly, rational manner, an operating model is described which identifies the necessary components of the system and clearly states relationships between such components. (Author/CB)