About Dr. Dwight W. Allen

Dwight William Allen was born to John and Valera Allen in Stockton, California in 1931. In 1953 he earned his Bachelor's degree in History with Honors in Humanities from Stanford University. He also received his Master's in 1957 and Doctorate in 1959 in Education from Stanford. He married Carole Swall in 1953. They have 3 sons, 2 daughters and 6 grandchildren.

PRESENT POSITIONS: (Back to top)

Eminent Scholar Emeritus of Educational Reform, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
Consultant, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Educational Reform in Agriculture, building a community-based knowledge system
Consultant, Farmer Voice Radio Project, American Institutes for Research

POSITIONS HELD: (Back to top)

Eminent Scholar of Educational Reform, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia,
1978-2008 (on leave 1985-1988)
International Technical Advisor, United Nations Development Programme, China, UNDP/CPR/01/403: Using Distance Education and ICT to Improve Tacher Quality in Poor Areas of Western China 2002 - 2007
Guest Professor, Northwest and Yancheng Normal Universities, and Central University for Minorities and Heilongjiang University, China
Senior Fellow, Phelps Stokes Foundation, 2001
Instructional Technology Consultant, Department of Defense Dependent Schools, Germany and U.S., March, 1999 – 2004
Principal Investigator, ACTT Now, Aligning Certification with Technology Training, The Old Dominion University and Brunswick County partnership funded by a 1.3 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education, June 2000 – December 2003
Principal Consultant, Norfolk Public Schools PRIME Project (Public School Restructuring through Innovative Mainstream Education), 1993-1998
International Technical Advisor, United Nations Development Programme, China, UNDP/CPR/96/401: Improving Nine-Year Compulsory Education in Poor Areas: Focusing on Girls 1998 – 2001
Chief Technical Advisor, United Nations Development Programme, China, Basic Education:
Teacher Education and Education Administration CPR 91/420, 1993- 1998
Technical Advisor in Teacher Education, UNESCO, 1993, Wuhan Institute of Education, Wuhan, P. R. China
Technical Advisor in Teacher Education (World Bank), 1993, Hunan Institute of Education, Changsha, and 1991, Shanxi Institute of Education, Taiyuan, P. R. China
Technical Advisor UNESCO, Namibia, In-Service Teacher Education Project, 1993-95
Technical Advisor UNDP Education Mission to China, 1992
Co-Director, Project IF (1990 - 1993), A drug education project funded by the U.S. Department of Education Technical Advisor, UNESCO, Malawi (Africa) Primary Teacher Education Project, 1990
Staff Development Advisor, Molepolole College of Education and Ministry of Education, Botswana, as Research Associate, Florida State University, 1986-88.
Professor of Education, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1978-1985.

Professor, School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1976-1978.
Chief Technical Advisor, UNESCO , Lesotho National Teacher Training College, Maseru, Lesotho, Southern Africa, 1974-1976.
Dean, School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1968-1975
(Professor, 1975-78)
Stanford School of Education, 1959-1967
Associate Professor of Education, 1965-1967.
Assistant Professor of Education, Stanford School of Education, 1962-1965.
Research Associate, Secondary Education Project, Stanford School of Education, 1959-1962.
Secondary School Teacher, 1957-1959.
U.S. Army, 1954-1956.
Instructor, Athens College, Athens, Greece, 1953-1954.

OTHER POSITIONS HELD: (Back to top)

Consultant, College Board, Seminars on Distance Education, 1997-1999
Consultant, Banani School, Lusaka Zambia, 1994-present
Consultant, New Era School, Panchgani, India, 1991-present
Consultant, National Association of Independent Schools, 1994
Consultant, The University of South Africa, Pretoria, 1994
Member of the Board of Directors, Bahá’í Justice Society, 1990 - 1998
Scholar in Residence, Hebrew University School of Education, Jerusalem, Israel, 1989-1990
Consultant, Federal City Council's District of Columbia Committee on Public Education, 1989
Consultant, RTEP, The Gateway Magnet School, St. Louis, 1988-89
Consultant, UNDP, and Project Coordinator, Donors' Conference for the Rehabilitation of Makerere, University, Kampala, Uganda, 1986-87.
Consultant, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1980.
Consultant, International Monetary Fund, 1979-1980.
Consultant, Department of State East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools, 1980.
Leader, School Administrators Mid-Management Institute, University of Texas, 1980.
Consultant, Department of Defense Dependents Schools, Germany, 1980-1985.
Consultant, Virginia Consortium of Urban Superintendents, 1979-1980.
Organizer, Old Dominion University/Education 21 Futures Conference, Florissant, Colorado, 1979.
Participant, Club of Rome Conference on Learning, Salzburg, Austria, 1979.
Consultant, White House Cities in Schools Project, Washington, D. C., 1978.
Consultant, Ohio University Institute for Mathematics and Medicine, 1977-1978.
Consultant, Paterson School District, Paterson, New Jersey, 1977-1978.
Consultant, U.S. Department of State, Agency for International Development,
Planning and Program Coordination Bureau, 1977-1979.
Member, Advisory Committee, Teacher Corps, U.S. Office of Education,
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, 1977.
Consultant, U.S. Department of State, Agency for Int’l Development, Africa Bureau, 1976-1978.
Academic Advisor to the President of the University of Massachusetts, 1973-1974.
Chairman, Curriculum Committee of the Massachusetts Open University, 1973-1974.
Member, Curriculum and Instruction Advisory Council, Univ. of Penn., Philadelphia, 1973-1974.
Member, Advisory Committee for Science Education, National Science Foundation, 1972-1973.
Member, Executive Committee, Social Studies Curriculum Program, Education Development Center, Boston, 1972-1973.
Member, Vocational Research Committee, Research and Development Center,
Department of Education, Woburn, Massachusetts, 1972-1973.
Member, Study Committee on Curriculum Instruction, Massachusetts Board of Higher Education,
1972-1973.
Chairman, Commission on Education for the Teaching Profession of the National Association
of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 1971-1972.
Member, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States, 1967-74 & 1980-85.
Chairman, Planning Coordination Committee and Chief Consultant,
Educational Professions Development Act, U.S. Office of Education, 1967.
President, Junior Statesmen Foundation, 1966.
Consultant, California State Committee on Public Education, 1966-1967.
Research and Development Associate, Center for Research and Development in Teaching,
Stanford University, 1966-1967. (Member of the Exec. Committee and Administrative Board.)
Director, Stanford Video-Tape Study, 1963-1967.
Director, Stanford Microteaching Study, 1962-1967.
Director, Philippine Stanford Peace Corps Training, 1966-1967.
Director, Project for Flexible Scheduling and Voc. Education Through Computer Scheduling, 1964-1967.
Director, High School Flexible Scheduling and Curriculum Study, 1960-1967.
Coordinator, Secondary Teacher Education Program, 1962-1967.
Research Assistant in History of Education, Stanford School of Education, 1958-1959.


PUBLICATIONS: (Back to top)

Books: (Back to top)

Social and Cultural Foundations of American Education, Editor (with Patrick O’Shea and Peter Baker), Wikibooks, 2006 and subsequent editions http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Social_and_Cultural_Foundations_of_American_Education
NewPAGE: New Portals to Appreciating our Global Environment, (with others), Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, 2005 (Second edition 2007)
Formula 2+2: Simple Solutions for Successful Coaching (with Douglas Allen), Berrett-Kohler, San Francisco, 2004, Translated into 4 languages.
Collaborative Peer Coaching That Improves Instruction: The 2+2 Performance Appraisal Model, with Alyce Leblanc, Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks, 2004
American Education: The $100 Billion Dollar Challenge, (with Bill Cosby), Time-Warner, 2000, one of six non-fiction finalists in the International eBook Awards, Frankfurt, Germany, 2001
Reciting the Verses of God, (with Shahin Vafai), Baha’i Publishing Trust, New Delhi, India, 1997
Microteaching, (with Wang Weiping) Xin Hua Publishing, Beijing, 1996 (published in Chinese)
Schools for a New Century. Praeger Press, 1992
Teacher Education: "Yes". Northeast Missouri State University, Baldwin Lecture, 1973.
Teachers Handbook (co-author with Eli Seifman). Scott, Foresman and Company, 1971.
Microteaching (with Kevin Ryan). Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. 1969.
(Translated into 4 languages)
Great Issues Series, The Scholastic (co-editor with Robert Madgic), 1967.
The Computer in American Education (with Don Bushnell). John Wiley and Sons, 1967.
A New Design for High School Education: Assuming a Flexible Schedule
(with Robert N. Bush). McGraw-Hill, New York, 1964. (Translated into 5 languages)

Chapters and Monographs: (Back to top)

“A New CAPStone for Higher Education,” Higher Education Administration in Global Perspective, National Academy of Educational Administration, Beijing, 2006, pp. 239-248
“The Effects of Technology on Educational Theory and Practice: A 20-Year Perspective.” By Dwight Allen, Technology in Education: A Twenty-Year Retrospective, ed. D. Lamont Johnson, Haworth Press, 2003.
“How Baha’i Principles of Education can Promote World Peace,” Chapter in the book, Creating the Culture of Peace, Indira Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi, India, 1999
Learner Centred Education (with others), Ministry of Education, Namibia, 1995
Microteaching, (with others), Ministry of Education, Namibia, 1995
Educational Theory and Practice, (with others), Ministry of Education, Namibia, 1995
"Critical Issues Facing the Future of Virginia Education" in Critical Policy Choices for Virginia, edited by Robert De Voursney, Center For Public Service, University of Virginia, 1994
"Microteaching in Botswana," chapter in Konkrete Padagogik, Attempto Verlag Tubingen, GmbH, 1988, pp. 11-24
"We Can Influence the Future!" in The Changing Composition of the Workforce. Edited by Albert S. Glickman. Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, 1982.
"Urban Education: Hope and Prospect." in Learning Tomorrows. Peter H. Wagschal, ed. New York: Praeger, 1979.
“Microteaching - ein Uberlick,” chapter in Training des Lehrverhaltens und Interaktionsanalyse, Beltz Monographien, Walter Zifreund (Hrsg.), 1976, pp., 1-28
"What the Future of Education Might Be" in The Future of Education: 1975-2000.
Edited by Theodore W. Hipple. Goodyear Publishing Company, 1974.
"The Many Manners of Education." The 1973-1974 Jennings Scholar Lectures (Report on a Program for Outstanding Teachers Sponsored by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation), pp. 37-53.
"From Habit to Heresy and Home Again: The Roots and Route of Differentiated Staffing" (with Lloyd W. Kline). Controversies in Education, 1972.
"In-Service Teacher Training: A Modest Proposal." Chapter Five in Improving In-Service Education: Proposals and Procedures for Change. Edited by Louis J. Rubin. Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 1971, pp. 109-131.
"A Differentiated Staff: Edited by James L. Olivero and Edward G. Buffre. Indiana University Press, Chapter 11, 1970, pp. 169-177.
"Needed: A New Professionalism in Education." AACTE Bulletin.
"Teacher Education--Academic and Continuing." The Ideal School, October, 1969, pp. 158-185.
"The Education of Youth: Promises." ASCD Yearbook, 1968. Chapter X.
"Innovations in Teacher Education: Parallel Programs as a Stimulus" (with Norman J. Boyan and Roland B. Kimball), in Changes in Teacher Education. An Appraisal and Report of the NCTEPS Columbus Conference, 1963.
"Islamic Contributions to American Education" (with Raymond H. Muessig), appearing in Heritage of American Education. Edited by R. E. Gross. Allyn and Bacon, 1962.
“How Baha’i Principles of Education can Promote World Peace,” Chapter in the book, Creating the Culture of Peace, Indira Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi, India, 1999

Articles: (selected) (Back to top)
“The Future of Higher Education in China,” Journal of the National Academy of Education Administration, 2005, No. 10, pp. 7-9
“A New CAPStone for Higher Education,” Seeking Truth, Volume 32, Number 3, 2005, Heijongjiang University, China
“Win - Win Models – Instruments of Peace,” Proceedings of the University of Maryland Conference on Diversity, Unity and Human Values, University of Maryland Press, 1998
"Baha'i Perspectives on Diversity, Unity and Human Values," Proceedings of the University of Maryland Conference on Diversity, Unity and Human Values, University of Maryland Press, 1998
“2+2 for Teachers: The PRIME Teacher Appraisal Program,” The High School Magazine, June-July, 1997
“Improving Our Unacknowledged National Curriculum” (with Robert Brinton). The Clearing House, January/February, 1996, pp. 140-143.
“The Decline of the Textbook,” The Best of Change Magazine, 25th Anniversary Edition, May/June, 1994
"2020 Vision: Transform Your Business to Succeed in Tomorrow's Economy," Book Review in Human Resource Management, Spring 1991.
"Basic Needs: New Approach to Development--But New Approach to Education?" with Stephen Anzalone). International Review of Education, XXVII/1989/3.
"Backlash to Basics: The Case for a Human Heritage Curriculum." The Chinese University School of Education Journal, Hong Kong, Vol. 10, No. 2, December, 1982, pp. 74-81.
"Education in the 21st Century: Scenarios as a Tool for Strategic Planning" (with Christopher Dede). Phi Delta Kappan, January 1981, pp. 363-366.
"Have You Heard the One About the Chicken and the Elephant?" Forum, J. C. Penney, Co., New York, Fall/Winter 1980.
"Is Literacy the Only Road to Learning? Basic Education by Radio is An Alternative," (with Stephen Anzalone). Development Communication Report, April, 1980, No. 3.
"Merging Resources of the IHE and the LEA for the Improvement of Inter-Institutional Programs." In-Service, National Council of States on In-Service Education, 1980.
"Education and Technology--The Changing Basics." Educational Technology, January: 47-53, 1980.
"Looking at the Future of Education" (with Jake Plante). World Future Society Bulletin.
April 1979.
"Toward a Conception of Education for Basic Needs" (with Stephen Anzalone). Prepared for Human Resources Division, Office of Development Resources, Africa Bureau, October 1978.
"Learning By Radio: The First Step to Literacy," Prospects, Vol. VIII, No. 2, 1978.
"Alternative Schools and the Crisis of Education in Developed Countries," Prospects, Vol. V, No. 2, 1975.
"A Baker's Dozen--Educational Alternatives." Phi Delta Kappan, September 1975, pp. 33-36.
"The Future of Education--Where Do We Go From Here?" Journal of Teacher Education, Vol. XXVI, No. 1, Spring 1975, pp. 41-45.
"San Francisco or Bust: New Directors for Educational Leadership" (with Philip R. Christensen).Notre Dame Journal of Education, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 1973, 25f “Alternative Schools and Education's Potential for Change." Projects, October 1974 (Paris, France).
"Differntiated Staffing and the Non-Professional: A Need for Educational Personnel Development." Journal of Research and Development in Education, Vol. 5, No. 2, Winter 1972, pp. 51-56.
"The Implications of Microcounseling for Teacher Education" (with Allen Ivey). Phi Delta Kappan, February 1972, pp. 373-374.
"Microteaching: History and Present Status" (with James M. Cooper). Association of Teacher Educators Bulletin, Microteaching: Selected papers, No. 9, Summer 1971, pp. 1-32.
"Computer Programs for Test Objectives and Item Banking." Educational and Psychological Measurement, April 1971
"The Seven Deadly Myths of Education." Psychology Today, Vol. 4, No. 10, March 1971.
"Curriculum for the 80's." The Secondary School Principal in Action, Part 3, Chapter 3, February 1971, pp. 83-85.
"The Decline of the Textbook." Change Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, January-February 1979, pp. 37-40.
"Mythology in American Education: A Guide to Constructive Confrontation." Paper prepared for and presented at the White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1970.
"Education and the Suburban Poor" (with William V. Fanslow). New Models for Public Education, 1970.
"New Launching Pads for American Education." World Order Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 1, Fall 1970,
pp. 30-39.
"Reconstruction of Teacher Education and Professional Growth Patterns (or) How the Third Little Pig Escaped the Wolf" (with Glenn W. Hawkes). Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. LII, No. 1,
September 1970, pp. 4-14.
"Organization for Individual Work" (with David E. Day). Learning Centers: Children On Their Own. September 1970, pp. 26-38.
"It's Easier to Move a Cemetery Than to Change a School." Music Educators Journal, vol. 57, No. 1, September 1970, pp. 29-33.
"Toward '76: A Revolution in Teacher Education" (with Robert Mackin). Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. LI, No. 9, May 1970, pp. 485-489.
"A Dozen Do's for the Seventies" (policy paper). Needs of Elementary and Secondary Education for the
Seventies (A Compendium of policy papers by the General Sub-Committee on Education of the
Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-First Congress), March 1970,
pp. 22-29.
"Toward a Redefinition of Teacher Education" (with Robert Mackin). Educational Technology, Vol. X, No. 2, February 1970, pp. 65-70.
"A Differentiated Teaching Staff." New York State Education, December 1969, pp. 16-19.
"Jazz Up Education." Pace Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 11, November 1969, pp. 58-59.
"Performance Proposals for Educational Funding: A New Approach to Federal Resource Allocation." Phi Delta Kappan, November 1969, pp. 136-137.
"A New Look in Credentialing" (with Peter H. Wagschall). The Clearing House, Vol. 44, No. 3, November 1969, pp. 137-140.
"Team Research in Education." Educational Technology, Vol. IX, No. 4, April 1969, pp. 17-21.
"Bridging the Great Divide" (with Peter H. Wagschall). The Massachusetts Teacher, Vol. XLVII, No. 8, April 1969, pp. 3-6.
"Microteaching" (co-author with Arthur W. Eve). Theory Into Practice, Vol. VII, No. 5, December 1968. “Change Agent: The Administrator in the 'New Education'" (with Lloyd Kline). Today's Catholic Teacher, March 1969, pp. 30-38.
"New Perspectives in Teacher Education" (co-author with Richard M. Krasno). The National Elementary Principal, Vol. XLVII, No. 6, May 1968.
"Needed: A New Professionalism in Education." The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, May 1968.
"How You Can Individualize Instruction--Right Now." Nation's Schools, Vol. 81, No. 4, April 1968.
"A New Perspective on the Computerization of School Schedules." Educational Technology, February 1968.
"What Does Tomorrow's Teacher Expect From Today's Direct Experiences in Teacher Education. “The Association for Student Teaching, February 1968.
"A Rationale for Microteaching" (co-author with Richard J. Clark), The High School Journal, Vol. 51, No. 2, 1967, pp. 181-186.
"A Differentiated Staff: Putting Teaching Talent to Work." Occasional Papers. National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards, NEA, No. 1, December 1967.
"Flexible Scheduling and Foreign Language Instruction: A Conference Report" (with Robert L. Politzer). The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 51, No. 5, May 1967.
"Problems and Practices in Social Evaluation." Social Education, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, March 1967.
"School Scheduling--Practice and Theory" (with Robert V. Oakford and Lynne A. Chatterton).Journal of Educational Data Processing, Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 1966-1967.
"New Dimensions in Trade and Technical Teacher Education." American Vocational Journal, September 1966.
"A New Design for Teacher Education: The Teacher Intern Program at Stanford University." Journal of Teacher Education, Vol. 17, No. 3, Fall 1966.
"Microteaching: A New Framework for In-Service Education." The High School Journal, May, 1966.
"Stanford Computer System Gives." Nation's Schools, March 1966.
"A New Face for Supervision" (with Kevin A. Ryan). Prepared for use in the Regional TEPS Conferences 1965-1966.
"The Effects of Self-Selection on Learning in Programmed Instruction" (with Frederick J. McDonald). American Educational Research Journal, January 1966.
"Microteaching--A New Beginning for Beginners." National Education Association Journal, December 1965.
"Flexible Scheduling." California Teachers Association Bay Section Reporter,
Winter 1965.
"Microteaching Teacher Education Curriculum Materials," (Multi-Media Project, with Kevin A. Ryan, Robert N. Bush, James M. Cooper). General Learning Corporation.
"Individualized Instruction." California Teachers Association Journal, October 1965.
"Innovations in Elementary and Secondary Education." Prepared for the White House Conference on Education, July 1965. Published for the Sub-Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate, August 1965.
"Manipulating Time and Space for More Effective Class Scheduling." CTA Journal, May 1964.
"Element of Scheduling a Flexible Curriculum." Journal of Secondary Education,
Vol. 38, No. 7,November 1963.
"The Social Studies Curriculum" (with Richard E. Gross). Phi Delta Kappan, May 1963.
“Flexible Scheduling" (with Robert N. Bush). NASSP Bulletin, Vol. 47, No. 283, May 1963.
"An Investigation of Presentation, Response and Correction Factors in Programmed Instruction"(with Frederick J. McDonald). Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 55, No. 9, July 1962.
"First Steps in Developing a More Flexible Schedule" (with Robert N. Bush)
Bulletin of National Association of Secondary School Principals, May 1962.
Symposium: "Flexible Scheduling: For What" (with Robert N. Bush)
Journal of Secondary Education, October 1961.
"Using Machines to Make the High School Schedule" (with Robert N. Bush, et al.).
The School Review, Spring 1961.
Symposium: "The Constructive Use of Teachers' Talents" (Robert Moore)
California Journal of Secondary Education, April 1960.
"Islamic Contributions to American Education" (with Raymond H. Muessig), appearing in Heritage of American Education. Edited by R. E. Gross. Allyn and Bacon, 1962.
"Innovations in Teacher Education: Parallel Programs as a Stimulus" (with Norman J. Boyan and Roland B. Kimball), in Changes in Teacher Education. An Appraisal and Report of the NCTEPS Columbus Conference, 1963.
Symposium: "New Design for the Secondary School Schedule" (with Robert Moore)
Journal of Secondary Education, February 1960.
"The Winds of Freedom--A New Program of Teacher Education at Stanford" (with Robert N. Bush), The High School Journal, February 1960.
Bridging Cultures in Host University: Integrating International Students into Classes and the Academic Community

Film Series: (Back to top)

Seven Half Hour Film Lectures on Innovations in Education, 1967.
Sixteen Half Hour Film lectures on Innovations in Education, Series II, 1968.
Four Half Hour Film Lectures on Innovations in Education, Series III, 1969.(Distributed by Stanford University, School of Education and the University of Massachusetts, School of Education)

GRANTS RECEIVED: (Back to top)

Faculty Innovator Grant, “Student Podcasting & Vlogging as Elements of a Student Developed Textbook,” Old Dominion University, 2007 ($3,000)
Faculty Innovator Grant, “Developing a Wikibook as an Interactive Text Alternative,” Old Dominion University, 2006 ($3,000)
American Councils/ Partners in Education (PiE) grant to bring Kyrgyzstan educators to the U.S. for citizenship training, 2003 ($25,000)
“ACTT Now: The ODU – Brunswick PT3 Consortium, U.S. Department of Education, 1999 ($1,300,000)
“Networking Infrastructure to Support Systemic Educational Reform in Norfolk’s PRIME Project,” National Science Foundation Grant, 1996 ($83,245)
"Project IF: Investing in the Future: Early Intervention Strategies for Youth At-Risk for Substance Abuse in Chesapeake, VA (with Steve Tonelson), U. S. Department of Education, 1990 $209,337
"One for One: A Volunteer Student Literacy Initiative for Youth Under Court Supervision (with Betty Yarborough), U. S. Department of Education, 1990 $46,025
"Family Day Care Provider Training, Tidewater Region." Contract with Virginia State Department of Welfare (with Lawrence McCullough), 1979-1980 ($325,000).
"Multicultural Approach to Special Student Concerns for Discipline." ESAA Grant (with Carlton Brown), 1979-1981 ($241,000).
"Human Services Administration Training." Contract with Virginia Department of Welfare (with Lawrence McCullough), 1979 ($156,000).
"Clinic to Improve University Teaching." Kellogg Foundation (with Michael Melnik), 1972-1975, ($590,000).
"Completely Modular Curriculum." Carnegie Foundation Grant, No. 15-044601 (with Philip Christensen), ($87,800).
"Institute for Training Directors of Teacher Education Reform Programs," ($27,000).
"National Alternative Schools Program." U.S. Office of Education, OEG-0-71-1972 (A&B), ($339,732).
"Clearinghouse for Student Initiated Reform." METEP Grant Phase I, Ford Leadership Grant (with Rick Kean). 1970-1971, OEG-0-70-4232 ($221,769).
"Education Professions Development Act." U.S. Office of Education, Contract OEG-0-9-311-359 (with Richard Clark), 1970 ($179,993).
"More Effective School Personnel Utilization." Grant No. OEG-0-9316008-2455-725 (with Richard Clark and James Cooper), 1970 ($50,000).
"Education Professions Development Act." U.S. Office of Education, Contract OEG-0-9-311359-2147-725, 1969 ($180,000).
"A Proposed New Program for Elementary Teacher Education at the University of Massachusetts." U.S. Office of Education, 1968 ($100,000).
"A Proposal to Develop Randomized Achievement Monitoring." Kettering Foundation, 1966 ($325,000).
"A Survey and Investigation of Foreign Language Instruction Under Conditions of flexible Scheduling." U.S. Office of Education (with Robert Politzer), 1965-1966 ($11,065).
"Microteaching Grant." Kettering Foundation (with Robert N. Bush), 1965-1966 ($176,571).
"Flexibility for Vocational Education Through Computer Scheduling." U.S. Office of Education, #6-2049, 1966 ($176,571).
"Flexibility for Vocational Education Through Computer Scheduling." U.S. Office of Education Contract OE 5-85-071. Initial Grant, 1965-1966 ($271,441).
"Training Effects of Feedback and Modeling Procedures on Teaching Performance." U.S. Office of Education, 1964 ($80,815).
High School Flexible Scheduling Project." Ford Foundation Fund for the Advancement of Education (with Robert N. Bush and Robert V. Oakford). Initial Grant, 1961 ($25,000); Supplementary Grant, 1961-1963 ($98,000). Phase III Grant, 1965-1968 ($90,000).


AWARDS RECEIVED: (Back to top)

Instructional Teaching With Technology Award, 2005, Old Dominion University
Teaching Innovation and Excellence Award, 2005, Old Dominion University
Finalist, Interntional eBook Foundation Awards, Frankfurt, Germany, October, 2001 (for “American Schools: The $100 Billion Challenge”) Grand prize $50,000.
Old Dominion University nominee, Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year Program, May, 2001
The Dwight W. Allen Distinguished Professor of Educational Policy and Reform at the University of Massachusetts has been endowed by a former student who credits his experiences at Umass in the school of education for his success. –inaugurated , April, 2001
State Council for Higher Education in Virginia, Outstanding Faculty Award, , February, 2001
State Council for Higher Education in Virginia, University Finalist, Outstanding Faculty Awards Program, 2000
Wall of Honor Award, Brunswick County Schools, August, 2000
Sara and Rufus Tonelson Award for Teaching, Research and Service Excellence, Darden College of Education, Old Dominion University, 1997
State Council for Higher Education in Virginia, University Finalist, Outstanding Faculty Awards Program, 1995
Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education, University of North Carolina, Award for Service, as founding member of the Board of Trustees, 1994
Government of Namibia, Speaker of Parliament, Speaker’s Private Gallery, opening of Parliament, 1993
Lucknow Montessori City Schools, Lucknow, India, Service Award, 1993
University of Pune, Pune, India, Award, 1993
Hunan Institute of Education, Changsha, China, Service Award, 1992
Shanxi Institute of Education, Taiyuan, China, Service Award, 1991
Association of Virginia Colleges, Outstanding Award, 1985
Department of Defense Dependents Schools (numerous awards) 1980-85
“Allen Hall,” named in honor of role as Founding Chief Technical Advisor, National Teacher Training College, Lesotho, 1978
Northeast Missouri State University, Baldwin Lecture, 1973.
University of Tubingen, Germany, Award of Merit, 1972
American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Distinguished Program Award, 1972
University of Puerto Rico, Service Award, 1972
President of Uganda, Award of Merit for the Establishment of the Tororo Girls School, 1972
Harlem Preparatory School, New York, Outstanding Service Award, 1970

LEARNED SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIP: (not all current) (Back to top)

American Academy of Political and Social Science
American Association for Higher Education
American Association of School Administrators
American Association of University Professors
American Education Research Association
American Vocational Education Research Association
Association for Educational Data Systems
Association for Experiential Education
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Association of Teacher Educators of Virginia
Global Futures Network
Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
National Council on Measurement in Education
National Council on the Social Studies
National Education Association
National Society of College Teachers of Education
National Society for the Study of Education
Phi Delta Kappa
World Future Society
World Future Studies Federation

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