Outlines the effective counseling programs developed by the Jefferson County Schools (Colorado) that meet the needs of students and adults through a focus on the positive. (MD)

Describes Utah's efforts to improve their technology education program to help their students become technologically literate. Their new curricula are organized around the cluster areas of communication, manufacturing, construction, and energy/power/transportation. (JOW)

The authors provide techniques for deciding how to allocate resources during financial cutbacks for extension programs. They focus on positive outcomes such as increased effectiveness and innovation. (CH)

Reviews program improvements that have been accomplished at Greenville Technical College (South Carolina) due to the leadership and commitment of its advisory committee. (SK)

Recommends the following conditions to improve vocational agriculture: (1) inappropriate philosophies must be identified; (2) alternative philosophy must be formulated; (3) individuals must assume leadership roles in promoting and orchestrating the adjustment; and (4) evaluation of philosophical beliefs with respect to changing vocational needs…

Chief Justice Burger urges elected representatives and public administrators to rethink corrections policy and to study the costs and benefits of prison industries. A long-time advocate of prison industries, Chief Justice Burger reviews recent public-private sector ventures to reorient corrections policy. (Author/CT)

The authors identify and discuss four components of teamwork in the Boston Secondary Schools Project: team viewpoints, team roles and power, team projects, and team continuity. The discussion is based on findings from a variety of qualitative and research techniques including interviews, participant observations studies, and content analysis of…

In a comprehensive, nationwide study, the Richardson Foundation surveyed programs for gifted children. Based on survey results, the Pyramid Project is a five-year test in four Texas school districts with a goal of providing appropriate instruction for all above average students of all ages in all subjects every day. (MT)

Studied the effect of changes in the work environment using the Work Environment Scale as pre- and post-test with full-time (N=17) and part-time (N=25) youth workers. Burnout in full-time workers was low and supervisor support was high. Part-time workers evidenced unrealistic expectations of the work environment. (MCF)

The current national criticism of teacher education and teachers should have the effect of worsening the expected teacher shortage by convincing more young people not to enter teaching. The author proposes substantive solutions to increase both the quality and quantity of teachers. (MT)

The study reported here is part of a continuing project with the goal of determining the place of behavioral accounting in the accounting curricula. While the first two studies focused on the graduate accounting curricula and the practitioners' opinions on the subject, this study concentrates on the behavioral accounting content of undergraduate…

Volunteers can help extend and expand all types of programs. Issues and trends of volunteerism in the society and its agencies and organizations are explored. (DF)

The author examines some of the contemporary characteristics of rural America and rural education, what the U.S. Education Department is doing to advance the cause of rural education, and how partnerships in education can help improve rural education. (CT)

Agrees with the preceding author's call for involvement of educational researchers in teacher education. Otherwise, disputes Joyce's claim to be calling for "radical" changes in teacher education, arguing that many of proposed changes have already been endorsed by national associations in the field of teacher education. (CMG)

This article, the second in a four-part series on concerns of shorthand teachers, discusses contrasting beliefs relating to improving shorthand instruction. (HD)