Highlights some recent social developments which have hastened the increase in school-age child care and provides facts and figures on the nature of school-age care today. Areas covered include the beginning of the school-age care movement, the emergence of a professional newsletter, organization of the National School-Age Care Alliance, federal…

Presents a hypothetical dilemma illustrating the need for parent empowerment in early childhood education for use in applying the National Association for the Education of Young Children's Code of Ethics. Considers including parents in important decisions, honoring responsibilities to parents, and implementing the spirit of the code. Discusses…

Maintains that continuing scholarship is an essential activity for professors at all levels in the higher education hierarchy. Nonetheless, the stringent requirements of traditional academic research prohibit most community college geographers from pursuing this option. Recommends broadening the definition of scholarship to include reviews and…

Using a variety of data sources collected over a three-year period, this article presents a case study of a professional development school collaborative established by Texas Tech University and Lubbock (Texas) Independent School District. The study outlines the development and implementation process, organizational structure, and problems…

Center X (Where Research and Practice Intersect for Urban School Professionals) at the University of California, Los Angeles, is the school's teacher education program. It integrates preservice teacher education, beginning teacher induction, and continuing professional education in an effort to create a new culture of teacher education and…

In 1992, Texas A & M University's College of Education established the Texas Education Collaborative, a center for professional development and technology, to redesign teacher preparation and staff development programs. In 1996, the TEC joined with the university's Principal's Center to focus on principals' development in schools reconceived…

A survey of 523 special educators in Missouri examined their knowledge level concerning traumatic brain injury (TBI). Results indicated a low level of knowledge pertaining to the definition and criteria for TBI and high interest in learning more about characteristics and instructional practices. Workshops and guest speakers were the vehicles which…

Reviews the challenges and benefits of using multimedia instructional technology to teach intermediate business Spanish at Thunderbird American Graduate School of International Management (Arizona). Challenges were technical and administrative support requirements, technical training needs, and locating quality materials. Benefits included learner…

High performing schools for young adolescents are developmentally responsive, academically excellent, and socially equitable. Necessary reform elements include professional development, technical assistance, coordination, networks, data-driven decision making, enlightened leadership, improved teacher preparation, a well-informed public, and…

Building on prior teacher workshops, online courses were developed to support classroom implementation of Ohio's English language arts standards by providing models of exemplary classroom practices and creating an online teacher community for sharing experiences and ideas. Although participants in the first course were primarily older teachers…

The Stanford Instructional Television Network (SITN), the largest single university provider of live televised graduate-level engineering courses worldwide, partners with industry to address issues of competitiveness and job productivity. SITN offers engineers, scientists and technical managers a means to extend their education without leaving the…

The RECEPTION GAME teaches conversation skills to adult foreign language learners with positions in international business and diplomacy. The design combines elements of simulation and experiential learning and takes into account conversation's rapport-building function, turn-taking mechanisms, open-ended structure, listening demands for following…

Discusses growing recognition of and pressure to improve the quality of early childhood services, and the resulting increased professionalism of practitioners. Considers broadening early childhood professionals' roles to include political action, conference presentations, and professional organization contributions. Concludes that the early goal…

Observes that technological advancement, shifting demographics, and a rapidly changing economy will determine the institutional character of tomorrow's university. Nonetheless, it is advantageous to protect faculty quality. Discusses universities that have responded with innovative programs involving peer review and professional development. (MJP)

One of four articles in the third section, "Reflection: What We Have Learned," this article describes the development of the collaborative between Indiana University Northwest and three urban school districts in Indiana (East Chicago, Gary, and Hammond). This collaborative became the Urban Teacher Education Program and has been operating…