This paper describes the first six months of activities and accomplishments of Commonwealth Futures, an initiative designed to provide services to at-risk youth in Massachusetts schools. Major activities are outlined chronologically, implementation problems and successes are briefly discussed, and projected future activities are listed. These…

The following papers are included in this monograph that provides a synthesis on beginning teacher induction: (1) "Teacher Induction" (Leslie Huling-Austin); (2) "Local Induction Programs" (Ralph Kester and Mary Marockie); (3) "Statewide Teacher Induction Programs" (Parmalee Hawk and Shirley Robards); (4) "The…

This paper presents results regarding the development, research, and evaluation of unique aspects of the Arizona Career Ladder Teacher Incentive Program. The first section presents a brief overview of the historical perspective of career ladders and teacher incentive programs. The second section, which describes the Arizona model, details its…

The Kansas Internship Plan provides that beginning July 1, 1989, all teachers in Kansas with zero years of teaching experience will be required to successfully complete an internship year prior to their receiving five-year certification. Each intern will be assigned to an assistance committee of professional educators consisting of at least one…

Partnerships in education often begin as a way to stretch resources, but then become harmonious, growing relationships. This brochure describes Pennsylvania's Partnerships in Education program, an outgrowth of earlier "adopt-a-school" efforts and a component of Governor Dick Thornburgh's comprehensive reform package. Students benefit by…

Representatives of several states met to identify basic elements of a tracking system designed to ensure that disabled and at-risk infants and their families receive continuous and appropriate services to improve health and developmental outcome. Discussants explored six clusters of questions concerning the following: realistic goals and…

Twenty-eight outstanding elementary/middle school teachers of science were selected to participate in an honors program being conducted over a three-year period (1985-87) on the campus of Illinois State University. The project, based on the belief that the teacher is the key to addressing the present crisis in science education, was funded by the…

This paper highlights selected key findings and discusses several issues emerging from an extended case study of the development and operation of a statewide teacher career ladder enacted into law in Tennessee in 1984. Data for the study were gathered through interviews, observations, elimination of documents, and a survey of selected teachers.…

South Carolina is developing and implementing assessment processes for two programs aimed at improving the quality of education in the state. One program involves recognizing outstanding progress by individual meritorious schools. The other program provides for state intervention in districts that fail to meet educational quality standards. Both…

Education must address two critical needs of New York State's economic growth: the need to enhance the quality of the labor force and the need to promote technological innovation. The economy of New York has been shifting since the 1970's away from manufacturing and toward services and jobs involving advanced technology. Schools need to upgrade…

Upon completion of a collaboratively generated plan for curriculum development in the state of Victoria, Australia, in the early 1980s, the state's education ministry appointed a committee to create and carry out a strategy for implementing the newly developed policies. The committee consisted of representatives from the state's education…

The Ministry of Education in the state of Victoria, Australia, prepared six papers outlining new educational policies in the early 1980s. To encourage local implementation of the recommendations contained in the sixth paper, "Curriculum Development and Planning in Victoria," the ministry's Curriculum Branch is writing 10 "curriculum…

A project was implemented to help program staff from the aging and child care networks to plan and implement intergenerational programs. Specific objectives were to: (1) train approximately 15 staff members from the aging network and 15 staff members from the child care network in each of five different geographic regions of Pennsylvania to plan…

This report covers activities carried out under provisions for federally funded refugee programs from October 1983 through September 1984. Part I lists the reporting requirements of Section 413(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Refugee Act of 1980, and identifies where each requirement is addressed in the report's text…

The first part of this report on school dropouts summarizes the testimony at a hearing on dropouts given by: (1) Jacqueline P. Danzberger, The Institute for Educational Leadership; (2) Anthony Earl, former governor of Wisconsin; (3) Janice Earle, National Alliance of State Boards of Education; (4) Gloria Frazier, National Foundation for the…