The Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) is developing a National Statement on the curriculum importance and future of Health and Physical Education in Australia. This initiative is in response to national curriculum developments and emerging new policy directions of the Australian Government that seem to…

Founded in 1990, the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) is the largest U.S.-based professional organization advocating for multicultural education. NAME, like many other organizations interested in progressive social or educational reform, faces a series of challenges in its attempts to maintain its social justice thrust, such…

This publication is the result of an 18-month project that brought together teams from six states--Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas--along with their national organizations in a groundbreaking partnership to identify collective bargaining language and policies that support high-quality professional development.…

In an interview conducted shortly after assuming the presidency of the National School Public Relations Association, Marsha Chappelow shared her insights and vision for the association. Her vision stresses the importance of ensuring that the association remain a relevant resource for school district leaders as the expectations on schools intensify…

George Thomas, a Cherokee and an eager young graduate student at the University of Oklahoma in the 1970s, was discouraged to learn that American Indian students were openly discouraged from pursuing areas of higher education that involved "hard science." Thomas had been recruited by the university to serve as the director of its new program,…

The Knight Commission's landmark 1991 report, "Keeping Faith with the Student-Athlete: A New Model for Intercollegiate Athletics," proposed a new "one-plus-three" model for intercollegiate athletics--presidential control directed toward academic integrity, fiscal integrity, and an independent certification process to verify that integrity. Indeed,…

"Spotlight on Connecticut" is the second installment in "New England After 3 PM". The first release in May 2006 took a look at afterschool across the region with a special focus on Massachusetts. Additional reports focusing on other states in the region will follow. For this report, the Afterschool Alliance worked with the…

The mission of MENC: The National Association for Music Education is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all. Now on its 100th year, MENC continues to influence music education today. In this article, the leaders of MENC share their views on the organization's achievements and developments. MENC President…

Objective: The authors summarize two special sessions focused on the teaching of psychopharmacology at the 2003 and 2004 annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP). The focus was on whether "improving the teaching-learning process" in psychiatric residency programs could improve clinical practice. Method: Problems of…

Analysis of member voting patterns in AECT's 1977 general election on the national, regional, and state levels. (STS)

Brief biographical sketches are presented of the eight men and women honored at the 1977 National Convention of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. (MB)

The former director of television activities of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting offers his views on the objectives and responsibilities of the Corporation. (AK)

A report on a seminar, sponsored by AECT, which is one of the key projects in developing lines of communication between the national organization and its affiliates." (Author/AK)

Information exchange, project planning, and other activities during 1969 by the Canadian Commission for the Community College, followed by three national conferences planned for 1970. (LY)