Describes a successful school-wide reading program at one high school which sought to change students' attitudes toward reading. Discusses envisioning the program, promoting it, gathering momentum, and ensuring its continued success. (SR)

Purpose-centered learning, which requires students to use their studies to address challenges they identify in their community, is effective in all types of schools and with diverse students. The system can generally be implemented simply by reallocating existing resources and rethinking traditional approaches. Purpose-centered education connects…

Shows how five key dimensions of efficient production organizations have been applied directly to improving school productivity through a national school reform effort, the Accelerated Schools Project. Substantial productivity gains can be obtained at a marginal cost (less than 1% of the school budget) through transforming schools to improve their…

Defines flexible learning and describes components of flexible learning in higher education, including technology, pedagogy or instructional approach, implementation strategies, and institutional framework. Considers factors constraining learning flexibility; changing student characteristics; and the need for lifelong learning, particularly in the…

This article describes a collaborative process that parents, teachers, consumers, and advocacy groups in North Carolina used to successfully establish a permanently funded university training program specializing in visual impairments, the Visual Impairment Training Program. Within this process several factors were identified that contributed to…

Describes the efforts of St. Petersburg College (Florida) to offer teacher education baccalaureate degrees in elementary education, special education, and secondary education in math and science. States that community colleges seeking to offer the baccalaureate degree should be aware of the demands posed by funding, curriculum, marketing, student…

Describes themes found in research regarding the digital divide from the perspective of school technology integration for children, including frequency of use, differences in students' educational technology experiences, and teacher professional development. Discusses standards-based curriculum and the implementation of technology standards.…

Discusses the educational benefits of using peer tutors for all students involved in music education. Explores how music teachers can develop and implement a peer tutoring program, discussing topics such as logistic factors, selecting and training students, pairing students together, and evaluation. Lists steps for implementation. (CMK)

An office-based continuing education program on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) for dentists is described, including needs assessment, model development, local piloting, national implementation with 119 dentists, and evaluation phases. Program evaluation indicated an improvement in risk perception, knowledge, and practice resulted, but…

This article describes the Women in Coaching Workshop which provided opportunities for 43 women to acquire skills and experience needed to assume secondary school coaching positions. Included are descriptions of the format and operational mechanisms for the workshop. Participants included preservice and inservice teachers, college athletes, and…

Describes the implementation of a 1989 law that mandated acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) education for Washington State health care workers. Makes recommendations for other states considering legislation and for educators and professionals involved in implementation of similar legislation. (JOW)

Creese discusses instructional approach that has been applied throughout the Aalborg University in Denmark; Leybourne and Vajpayee describe graduate program in manufacturing technology at the University of Southern Mississippi; Summers elaborates on development, structure, and implementation of a course in Industrial Engineering Technology…

This paper describes comprehensive cooperative learning approaches for elementary-school reading, writing, and mathematics. Team-Assisted Individualization (TAI) and Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) are used to implement principles of cooperative learning throughout schools, among teachers and administrators as well as…

Development of a comprehensive medical ethics teaching program for four years and residency, and of an ethics consultation service, are described. Potentials and significant difficulties in program establishment and maintenance are discussed, including long-term funding, negative faculty and student attitudes, and instructional approaches.…

A practicum course for prospective teachers of the gifted was designed, implemented, and evaluated. The 209 teachers found the practicum teaching, observations of their teaching, and papers they wrote to be effective learning experiences. Observers' ratings of the teachers indicated that a majority performed well in the practicum. (Author/JDD)