While there has been much discussion of using interventions other than training, no one has addressed the problems of getting one or more of them implemented. This article examines the use of performance technology, focusing on internal and external consultants, interventions (team-building, policies and procedures, simultaneous, consecutive), and…

Describes Fontana (California) Unified School District's No Child Left Behind Act implementation plan, focusing on the use of project charts. Illustrates the project chart function with examples from Title I and Title X. (PKP)

Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using item banks while providing useful information to those who are considering implementing an item banking project in their school district. The primary advantage of item banking is in test development. Also describes start-up activities in implementing item banking. (SLD)

Identifies campus motives for implementing energy management programs, describes an energy program to support them, and offers suggestions for improved project implementation. (EV)

In a Wisconsin middle school, an innovative technology education program aims to introduce relevant and challenging concepts through a modular, individualized curriculum. Local industry donations were used to create a technology center for hands-on learning. (JOW)

Describes preparation for a one-day Young Authors' Conference. Discusses how the organizers set up a date and facilities for the event, enlisted the services of an author/illustrator, recruited team leaders and facilitators from the organization, and explored funding. Describes children sharing, writing journal/bookmarks, and author's sharing from…

The article describes the Intervention Program for handicapped children (birth to three years) and their families located at the University of California, Los Angeles. The program served 139 children and their families using a model which emphasized integration of young handicapped and nonhandicapped children within a developmental educational…

Discusses reengineering in the context of organizational processes, and presents six steps for reengineering business processes: (1) prepare to reengineer; (2) map what is occurring to accomplish processes; (3) map what should be occurring; (4) implement; (5) evaluate; and (6) monitor. Also offers a related reading list. (JMV)

Reports on difficulties that institutions of higher education are having with new integrated student-administration software systems being developed by PeopleSoft. Institutions have been reporting automation projects which are months behind schedule and budget overruns. The company has apologized and some institutions admit they share…

Discusses the issue of business-to-business electronic commerce implementation and the factors affecting it. Discusses electronic data interchange technology, describes the results of a case study of BHP Steel (Australia), and considers paradigm shifts in implementation issues related to electronic commerce that occur over time. (Author/LRW)

Describes how three teams of teachers, administrators, and staff development specialists translated national, state, and local standards into meaningful instruction for students with and without disabilities. Includes implementation plans and results. (Contains 25 references.) (JOW)

Describes how a previously proposed model of school planning has developed to become linked to such aspects of organizational learning as the development of the school's core purpose and values. This approach should lessen the gap between strategy and implementation. (SLD)

As chronically underperforming schools around the country get to the point that the No Child Left Behind Act requires dramatic action, very few have gone the charter route. But Gompers Charter Middle School is one of three such San Diego schools that were shut down and reopened as charters. This article briefly discusses the steps this school took…

With all the recent headlines about security breaches and information loss at financial and educational institutions, the higher education community needs to address the issue of using social security numbers as ID numbers. The University of Oregon undertook a change process to assign generated ID numbers to all records in their information…

The purpose of this Toolkit is to provide guidance, technical tools, and resources to help states, territories, tribes and communities develop and implement successful oral health components of Healthy People 2010 plans as well as other oral health plans. These plans are useful for: (1) promoting, implementing and tracking oral health objectives;…