This article summarizes the literature and suggests future directions concerning the education of gifted students with primary languages other than English. It addresses student characteristics, appropriate procedures for identification, service delivery, instructional methods, and community involvement. (DB)

Describes the Tribal Self Governance Demonstration Project, an initiative allowing tribal governments to assume direct control over funding. Indicates that tribal self-governance directly impacts the work done by tribal colleges by increasing their role in the community. Discusses whether tribal colleges should remain financially independent from…

In order to help school social workers, counselors, and psychologists promote strong school-home working alliances, outlines six key cultural characteristics of American Indian families: geographical isolation, cultural heterogeneity, extended family, inclusive role for children, group primacy, and traumatic educational history. Discusses…

Describes the development of a long-term plan for the transformation of literacy practices in a small K-8 school district. Discusses the superintendent's role in facilitating the change process. Appends a sample project action plan presented to the board of education and three sample school board presentations. (SR)

Examines children's everyday discourse processes in three early education settings to document how friendship relations are produced in everyday discursive practices. Results indicate the importance of viewing friendship as a collective and cultural process. (CFR)

Challenges conventional views of colonial schooling and its outcomes through analysis of education on the Torres Straits Islands, 1873-1985. Argues that, despite racist educational policies, the schooling introduced social change to the community and that the schooling that Islanders actually got was influenced by local context and customs,…

Discusses principals' roles as instructional leaders in effective schools. Principals must understand their communities, envision effective schools, create mission statements and determine ideal situations for fulfilling them, spend sufficient time before implementation to help faculty accept changes, pilot and monitor new approaches, and…

Discusses the process of educational change at a small rural elementary school in Gosport, Indiana. A design team made up of school staff and community representatives is explained, and design team activities and presentations are described. The importance of effective communication is emphasized, and suggestions for community involvement are…

Describes an eighth grade teacher's efforts to integrate talk and writing, questioning and discussion, and learning as a shared responsibility between students and teacher. Outlines several projects related to the theme of work that achieved these goals, including interviews with parents and community members, journal entries projecting into the…

Identifies components necessary for a comprehensive assessment of the educational needs of a community college's service area. Recommends a survey of residents' educational interests, a function analysis of all service area colleges, identification of demographic, economic, and educational characteristics of the region, and improvement of program…

A collaborative induction program for first-year special and regular elementary teachers was sponsored by the University of Nevada-Reno and the Washoe County School District. Observations indicated that novice educators passed through five phases during their first year, ranging from initial order/time filling to eventual focus on students. (DB)

Student teachers relate their teaching experiences in small rural schools in Queensland (Australia), including recognizing the importance of the school to its community, the resources that rural schools use in providing a quality education, the role of the teacher in a rural setting, and the close relationship between rural teachers and their…

Discusses a study examining the effects of environmental forces on Arkansas community and technical colleges over a three-year period. Indicates that enrollments at most Arkansas colleges are increasing and budgets are growing but often in amounts inadequate to compensate for rising costs. Suggests a model for institutional assessment. (MAB)

Describes how Butner Elementary School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, transformed a courtyard into a nature learning center, complete with three-tiered pond, fish, animals, and plants. The project, funded through the collection of aluminum cans, is used for science, archaeology, language arts, and social studies activities. The high level of…

Describes a project undertaken by students and their teachers at Bolin School in East Peoria, Illinois, to send stuffed animals person-to-person around the world and back via friends and families. Journals attached to the animals recorded their travels, and hundreds of letters were sent to the school as a result of the project. (MDM)