A study of Chicago school reform revealed that principals of productive elementary schools skillfully use various strategies to promote parents' and teachers' work with children. These include resolving highly visible problems quickly, focusing on the instructional core, adopting strategic orientation, attacking incoherence, involving parents, and…

Investigates the work and communication needs of newly graduated auditors, their senior colleagues, and their managers in five MNCs (multinational companies) in Singapore. Suggests that accounting courses could prepare undergraduates more effectively in the oral/interpersonal skills needed in the initial stages of their auditing careers by…

Focuses on "Bootstrap Training," a scientific literacy program for permanent non-science and part-time adjunct librarians at San Jose State University Library. Describes an initial training-needs questionnaire distributed to all reference personnel, the implementation of a staff development program with scientific literacy goals,…

Critiques the mentoring paradigm in the hopes of enabling women to be more realistic about the dynamics of the power elements of mentoring. Proposes that this analysis will help create space for critiquing the norms, practices, and definitions of success that are at the heart of institutions. (GCP)

Presents a conversation between two researchers and frequent collaborators on studies of policy for at-risk children. Discusses what they learned about teaching reading from studies conducted during the past century. Identifies themes significant at various points in time that have surfaced again. Discusses their views on school choice, teacher…

A network of Best Practice Centers located throughout Virginia provides convenient resources, support, technical assistance, and professional development for schools working to achieve higher standards. The most common needs for assistance were in curriculum alignment, test data use to improve instruction, content-area teaching strategies, and…

The average American school now has one instructional computer for every six students. The next hurdle is adapting educational technology to support and extend student learning. Three keys to success are technological resources, cultural commitment, and effective instructional practices. A sidebar tracks the digital divide between haves and…

At Pajaro (California) Unified School District, it is no longer acceptable merely to demonstrate skill. Teachers must also identify the effects they have on students. Pajaro's assessment system is anchored in the California Standards for the Teaching Profession and requires self-assessment. (MLH)

A 6-day professional development workshop was conducted by Canadian professors for Chinese nurse educators. The nurse educators learned to reflect on their role as clinical teachers and increase links between theory teaching and practice-based instruction. (SK)

Uses data from the January 1991 Current Population Survey to examine the incidence and relative opportunity of employer-sponsored job training by gender and race. Results indicate that females and non-whites are less likely to receive employer-sponsored training than are their male and white counterparts. (AEF)

Examines the integration of a systematic in-house certification framework and outlines an evaluation model to validate and justify certification as a performance management tool of value to organizations and individuals. Discusses the six elements of effective competency certification programs: competency analysis; training for certification;…

Examines the role of the collection development leader in today's academic library and provides a framework for leadership utilizing the concepts of shared vision and mission, teaching and learning, and stewardship. Content management leadership requires that leaders be exceptional listeners and subject to the same need to continually learn.…

Examines how the Montessori community can work for peace within individuals, the schools, and the Montessori community itself by building school identity, creating family-friendly schools, building community within the faculty, and building a community of schools among the competing schools in the local area. Describes several peace programs for…

Findings of study by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education on the roles played by central-office staff members in shaping and supporting instructional reforms in three large urban school districts. (Authors/PKP)

Describes the processes of curriculum and teacher development that follow an evaluation of a British University English for academic purposes program. (Author/VWL)