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The Educational Forum approaches its 75th year as the cornerstone publication of Kappa Delta Pi.

Kappa Delta Pi’s premiere academic journal — The Educational Journal — made its first appearance in November 1936. That first issue was jam-packed with articles, studies, essays and even poems from leading educators across America.

History tells us those first issues were packed so full because of doubts about the future, fueled by the Great Depression. There may have been doubt about starting an academic journal in the depths of an economic depression, but educators and researchers have kept the journal strong for more than seven decades. >>>

Inside the Current Issue

January-March 2010
Volume 74                          Number 1

Call for Manuscripts
Editorial Statement

Research Reports
Perceptions of the purpose and value of required Individual Growth Plans.
By David M. Dunaway, Do-Hong Kim, and Elizabeth R. Szad

Was it worth it? Some National Board Certified Teachers say no!
By Teresa M. Petty, Katherine A. O’Connor, and Diana B. Dagenhart

Essays
Is there a future for the teaching profession?
By J. Wesley Null
           
This is a reprint of an article submitted for consideration in The Educational Forum © 2010 Kappa Delta Pi International Honorary in Education.

Baldridge and Education: “A good (and popular) methodology that is being inappropriately applied."
By William Jeffrey Davis

The future of Instructional Teacher Leader Roles.
By Melinda M. Mangin and Sara Ray Stoelinga

Teaching diversity across the disciplines: Reflections from African-American faculty in four different academic settings.
By Aretha Marbley, Hansel Burley, Fred A. Bonner, II, and Wendy Ross

Book Reviews
Seeking Good Governance
International perspectives on the governance of higher education: Alternative frameworks for coordination
edited by Jeroen Huisman
Reviewed by Rachel Finley-Bowman

Complexities of Small Schools Reform
Small schools: Public school reform meets the ownership society
By Michael Klonsky and Susan Klonsky
Reviewed by Paula K. Greene