Information on school/community partnerships in Virginia is provided in this resource guide, which is divided into five sections. The first section, "Building Community/Classroom Partnerships Through Coalitions," by Jane Asche, discusses recent findings that point to the need for coalitions to improve public education. Successful…

The results of a study on the way federal government guidelines influenced the administration of 132 Teacher Corps projects at the local level are reported. Research was oriented primarily toward determining those guideline provisions that seemed to have the most powerful impact on local actions during the early years of a project. Major findings…

Describes the successful implementation of a Women in Technology (WIT) Project-Based Learning Program in High Tech Manufacturing by the Tech Prep Consortium at Bristol Community College (Massachusetts). Reports that the program's success was mainly due to the establishment of partnerships with industry, government, and education, including area…

The Wisconsin Hills (Brookfield, Wisconsin) Elementary School Peer Intervention Team (PIT Crew) is a group of collaborating classroom teachers, specialty area teachers, and support staff who consult with one another to develop intervention strategies to assist students. The PIT Crew model has resulted in fewer referrals for special education…

This article describes ideas for using administrators to facilitate the change to a collaborative consultative model and offers some thoughts on initiation of the model. (Author/JDD)

This study identifies the responsibilities of the bodies and institutions involved in the implementation of the Bologna Process. They include the levels of Europe, nations, higher education institutions, departments, degree programmes, teachers and students. The future planning is analysed using the Balanced Scorecard approach designed for the…

The NEPAD e-Schools Initiative is a multi-country, multi-stakeholder, continental project to teach ICT skills to young Africans in primary and secondary schools and improve the provision of education in schools through the use of ICT applications and the Internet. The first phase of the Initiative is a "Demonstration Project"…

Proponents of school restructuring agree that it must occur with support from all stakeholder groups. This paper presents findings of a study that examined to what extent educational personnel engaged in restructuring (principals, teachers, and external facilitators of change) agreed or disagreed that 60 conditions identified in the research…

This paper describes the development and implementation of a collaborative, interdisciplinary curriculum program, the Quest program. Implemented at a suburban New England high school, the program was loosely based on the tenets of the Coalition of Essential Schools. Ethnographical methodology included document analysis, participant observation,…

This project identified models, practices, and existing projects, both in Indiana and throughout the United States, that demonstrated partnership efforts between families/home (particularly those families having students with disabilities) and educators/schools. This report presents a literature review on the nature, extent, effectiveness, and…

After describing the nature, promise, and reality of school-based management, this document discusses delegation of authority to the school site and distribution of authority among site participants as critical issues in the implementation of school-based management and reviews the importance and benefits of shared decision making. Eight major…

The ability of university programs in educational administration to provide students with on-the-job experience has been severely constrained by lack of available resources and school districts' apparent lack of interest. Internship programs typically lack (1) a critical mass of internship settings; (2) a sufficiently large number of students; (3)…

Describes 1982 creation of United States Department of Education's Intra-Agency Committee on Rural Education. Summarizes 10 rural policy initiatives proposed in "Rural Education and Rural Family Education Policy for the 80s." Lists major accomplishments/strategies including conferences, annual reports, and information network. Outlines…

The cooperative program between Regents College and Miami-Dade Community College, which offers an external Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, is described. Aspects of the program (known as PRO: Post Registered Nurse Opportunities), such as counseling services, course development and implementation, and public relations, are explained. (CT)

Between 1992 and 1996, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded nearly $7.5 millions to support 26 education-reform programs nationwide. This report presents outcomes of the 26 projects, which focused on developing collaboration between schools and institutions of higher education. The report examines the effects of school-college…