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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Johnston, A. P.; Wilson, Maureen – Planning and Changing, 1977
The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for understanding the sources of variation in the perceived purposes and implementation of the planning process. (Author)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Models, Norms, Planning
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Johnston, A. P. – Planning and Changing, 1975
The methodology, assumptions, and values viewed here are emergent factors that can provide the framework for a thriving new discipline. That the limits of the rational-man theory are beginning to be recognized is evidenced by considerable methodological flexibility and increased interests in personal, self-actualizing aspects of organizations.…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Ethics, Methods, Objectives
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Johnston, A. P.; Proulx, Raymond J. – Planning and Changing, 1987
To understand state-local ties involved in state education politics, policy effects and linking mechanisms in the reform-minded Public School Approval mandate in Vermont were studied using semistructured interviews. Results showed minimal involvement from board members, superintendents, principals, and teachers regarding policy formation. All…
Descriptors: Centralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Linking Agents, Participation