Interviews two principals of middle schools using integrated curriculum: Molly Maloy of Carver Academy, Waco, Texas, and Camille Barr of Brown Barge Middle School, Pensacola, Florida. Considers issues of transforming theory into daily practice, reforming and developing curriculum, and building teacher leadership. Provides backgrounds on the…

Investigates the impact of statewide database licensing for ProQuest on the users of public, school, and community college libraries in Washington State. Results of transaction log data and a study of how communities used information indicated that the database is used mainly in education and stressed the importance of implementation and promotion…

Describes experiences developing and implementing an integrated curriculum in a middle school. Considers the importance of ecologizing (placing abstract content back within its authentic contexts) the learning situation around an anchor in order to create an instructional context consistent with what students would need outside school. (JPB)

Discusses the introduction of shared governance in California in 1988, noting that it ultimately did not materialize into an anticipated model of collegiality. Provides recommendations for institutions dealing with shared governance, underscoring the need to accept the past and present in managing change. Contains 13 references. (YKH)

The Traverse Outreach Project (TOP) is a service learning model of counselor preparation. This article reports on the efficacy of the project to prepare school counselors using a service learning pedagogy. Results indicate that service learning was an effective method of integrating the theory and practice of school counseling. (Author)

Describes the creation of a series of online, Web-based classes designed to train experienced educators as school improvement specialists. Reports that the courses--produced through collaboration between the North Central Association and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln--are comprised of 36-42 adult students with two instructors. (NB)

Theme articles related to the role of career education in the agriculture education curriculum include a definition of terms, the relation between career education and agricultural education, implementation of career education programs, agricultural education and school-to-career, youth leadership in career education, service learning, and…

The Baltimore Curriculum Project brought direct instruction (DI) and core knowledge (Core) to several Baltimore City public schools. This article describes implementation of DI and Core at one elementary school, documenting the dramatic growth in student achievement since implementation of DI in reading and examining distractions that interfered…

Proposes a 10-criteria classification framework, derived from current literature, to capture the characteristics of the design, leadership, and implementation of school improvement programs in the United Kingdom. Uses the classification frame to analyze the design model adopted by the secondary school in the case study. Draws conclusions about the…

The 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Title I) embodies a 35-year national commitment to help educate economically and educationally disadvantaged children. Enhanced achievement expectations and a resurgent child poverty rate should spur Congress to renew Title I funding by the end of 1999-2000. (14 references) (MLH)

Analyzes effects of curriculum changes resulting from university education reforms in Spain during 1990-95, focusing on first-cycle undergraduate economics students and using estimated education-production functions. Considers both affective and cognitive education-output dimensions. Curriculum reform produced no significant differences in…

Meaningful change occurs in a school culture with strong belief statements that guide reform decisions and consequences. At least four steps are required: developing a series of belief statements, determining those statements' implications, putting implications into practice, and revisiting belief statements and implications regularly to ensure…

Shares observations about implementation issues that have emerged during efforts to find and evaluate computer-based solutions for students' learning and studying problems. Notes these issues fall into five topic areas: access issues, motivational issues, curriculum integration issues, labeling issues, and funding issues. Describes each issue,…

Interviews with secondary and postsecondary teachers and administrators in Minnesota tech prep consortia found that most understood the role of articulation agreements, but little attention was paid to actual compliance. Postsecondary institutions received little funding for implementing agreements. Consortia did not appear to be achieving the…

Explores two themes: the marginalization of curriculum subjects and the gap between curriculum policy aims and the implemented physical-education curriculum in Hong Kong schools. Proposes a framework (representing normative, institutional, and resource domains) to further insight into problems connected with these themes and generate policies to…