School management, a behavior system that involves everyone, needs periodic renewal. The project described here shows how this was done with highly positive results in one school system of more than 40 schools. The authors offer reprints of the forms used in the project to interested readers.
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Reprints of forms used in the DMIE project may be received by writing to Dr. Edgemon, Department of Education, George Mason University , 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Va. 22030.
