As part of national evaluation of Eisenhower Professional Development Program, examines management and implementation strategies contributing to high-quality inservice teacher professional development in mathematics and science. Finds higher quality professional development is related to management and implementation strategies such as continuous…

Provides a brief overview of some of the literature available to school counselors on the topics of ethnic and gender differences, methods, risk factors, precipitants of acts of self-harm, myths, and the profile of a potentially suicidal adolescent. Follows with a description of best practices for creating and implementing prevention, crisis…

A New York camp's character education program is described. Implementing the program involves choosing which values to teach, making staff and campers aware of the program's importance, deciding where to teach the values, choosing and coaching the attributes that reflect each value, debriefing after activities, and keeping campers and staff…

Describes the implementation of an interdisciplinary instructional model with children's literature as the organizing center. Indicates that teachers in Taiwan are interested in using children's literature to support interdisciplinary instruction, and that a website can provide helpful teaching resources. Notes that these teachers have a positive…

Project Confirm aims to address the problem of foster children ending up in detention because of police and probation officers' difficulty in locating guardians to appear on behalf of arrested children. Project Confirm locates juveniles' caseworkers and informs them of their legal responsibilities. The program reached most of its implementation…

Presents results from a study of four second- and third-grade students with reading disabilities who received reading instruction using "Reading Mastery II" or "Fast Cycle." Provides data on words read per minute and number of errors on reading checkouts. Suggests that the lessons provided the structure needed for students to make consistent…

Discusses the importance of the fourth cycle of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS; National Center for Education Statistics) and the data it offers about: (1) teacher supply and demand; (2) teacher and administrator preparation and qualifications; (3) schools as places for work and learning; and (4) implementation of school programs and…

A literature review identified characteristics of transition programs that were described in 33 refereed journal articles between 1986-1999. Results confirm that students with more severe learning and behavioral difficulties receive inadequate transition services; programs emphasize employment competencies over living skills; and there are few…

Explains that the primary objectives of the South Carolina/Spain Visiting Teachers Program were to: meet the greater demand for Spanish teachers; provide qualified native speakers; provide students with a linguistically and culturally rich education; and actively participate in cross-cultural activities. Explains characteristics of the South…

Notes that the Title I Program at the Upper Darby School District (located on the western boarder of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) created the T.O.A.S.T. (Title One After School Tutorial) program from the need for extended learning time and opportunities to assist struggling young readers. Concludes that students increased their sight word…

Perceptions of secondary learning disability (LD) program supervisors (N=110) were compared with views of secondary LD teachers (N=135) regarding specific program features, field-related issues, and suggestions for program improvement. Responses indicated that the supervisors were more positive and often held significantly different views than LD…

Because many writers recommend that management education be experience based, active, problem oriented and modified by feedback, the extent to which action learning meets these criteria is discussed. Action learning programs in Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Australia are described. Problems with evaluating these programs are summarized.…

An ecological model for employment preparation in high schools that is based upon successful post-school community job placement for students with severe handicaps is discussed. The paper addresses the functions of employment training, the components of a community-referenced model, and implications for model implementation. (Author/JDD)

A general model of pay-for-performance plans for academic institutions proposed by E. E. Lawler (1983) is presented, and its relevance for merit pay plans is discussed. Guidelines for increasing the likelihood of successful implementation are provided. Professional organizations must have democratic managerial styles in order for…

The National Curriculum is perhaps the most important element of the United Kingdom's Education Reform Act of 1988. Although there are many challenges in describing and assessing the skills, knowledge, and understanding that each child is expected to develop, the national curriculum's early implementation has won wide support. (MLH)