Six components of a successful high school band program include an awareness of the individual performer's uniqueness, flexible performance styles, balanced performance schedules, coordination with the school's total academic offerings, knowledge of community desires, and development of individual musical talent. (RW)

Teachers of 12-month programs in vocational agriculture must constantly be on the alert to safeguard summer programs. Successful vocational agriculture teachers are concerned with eight summer program areas: in-school youth, Future Farmers of America, adult education, facilities, planning, community service, inservice training, and other summer…

The author calls for a renewed commitment to comprehensive scope, high scholarly standards, consideration of all viewpoints, and attention to issues in the field of economics. (RJG)

The Florida Division of Vocational Education has developed a system to help educators correct problems identified during program review. The local program improvement plan as a follow-up to vocational program review is a management strategy supported by legislative intent and direction. (JOW)

Suggests that as a discipline and as individuals, composition educators need to work to revise the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process. Proposes two ways the IRB process could be modified. Notes that this call to critically examine the process is not a rejection of what IRBs and IRB compliance represent because ultimately, the common goal of…

Asserts that efforts to improve student learning must be tied to ongoing evaluation and assessment, and offers tips on conducting this evaluation. (EV)

Deals with the problematics that globalization poses for critical communication scholarship. Address how uneven patterns of global processes are enacted through cultural practices produced by the transnational flows of images and capital. Explores several areas of contemporary global growth with the overall objective of demonstrating the urgency…

Voices concerns over expansion of writing centers. Suggests that writing centers planning to expand should articulate the basic premises upon which their center was built. Suggests that a program of expansion be accompanied by a careful examination of the center's power structure. Urges all writing center expansion preserve a strong human…

Discusses ways to improve technology education by taking into account the nature of high quality learning, people's preferred learning styles, and teaching methods that enhance the quantity and quality of learning. (Author)

In February 1993, the Head Start Reauthorization Act was introduced into Congress. The act proposes to expand and improve Head Start. Head Start operators would be required to provide family literacy services, either directly or through other community providers. The bill also provides for Head Start-like services to pregnant women and children…

Presents a rationale for greater emphasis on career development in counselor education and training. Outlines 10 issues for better career-counselor training and 17 learner outcomes for training programs. (SK)

Describes one school's experience taking a production on tour. Tells what happened during their preparation period, the choices that they made, and the answers to the statement "If I had to do over again...." Presents 11 lessons learned from their experience. Notes that touring a show teaches students invaluable lessons. (SG)

Asserts that pursuing use as the defining goal of evaluation can distort the allocation of evaluation resources and reduce the contributions of evaluation to broader social goals, such as social betterment. Pursuing use can result in an overemphasis on evaluations oriented toward program improvement at the expense of assessment of worth and other…

Suggests some ways to infuse quality into the business program: (1) collaborate with parents, businesses, administrators, and the community; (2) reduce fear; (3) create a community of learning; (4) instill pride in students; (5) become an instructional leader; and (6) develop a shared vision. (Author/JOW)

The seven chapters of this volume demonstrate that evaluation evidence can overturn widely held beliefs and result in changes in programs and policies. These chapters show that policymakers can welcome findings that challenge long-established ideas and use them to Improve programs and services. (SLD)