Theme articles discuss environment, food, agriculture, and renewal resources as they relate to science education, learning partnerships, collaboration in Kyrghyzstan, leadership development, opportunities for collaboration, networking, and the creation of a shared course between agribusiness and biology. (JOW)

This paper on improvement of schools calls for a broad-based coalition of collaborating parties to articulate a clear moral educational mission and to promote for each community a healthy ecology of educational institutions directed toward this mission, redefinition of schools' role in this ecology, and redesign of teacher education. (JDD)

Asks whether standards in the arts are necessary. Presents the standards as set forth in the Goals 2000 Act, and provides some commentary on how to achieve them. States that educational reform, national standards, artists and educators working together, teacher education, and teaching leadership are necessary to make the standards work. (PA)

A collaborative effort of Minnesota school districts and a university in transforming public education was based on dimensions of organizational transformation: systems thinking, organizational learning, leadership, and organizational culture. An overarching vision is required to give purpose and direction to organizational transformation. (SK)

Despite "education bashing," schools are successful, but the educational success of many students is more dependent on external factors. Improvement requires full collaboration in a student-centered community learning approach and delivery of a moral education stressing values shared by the nation. (SK)

Responses from 9 of 10 agriculture/science teacher teams participating in a project showed that participation increased cooperation and resource sharing; science teachers had greatest gains during the testing phase, agriculture teachers during the workshop phase. Lack of awareness inhibited science teachers from using agriculture department…

Examines how one secondary school department of English came together to work on poetry instruction with its contributing primary schools. Outlines the educational and organizational challenges involved in such a program. Supports attempts to work toward curriculum continuity between schools. (HB)

Discusses differences between academic and industry training in technical communication. Argues that each needs to learn from the other and cooperate in developing truly beneficial curricula which would prepare students to function effectively in the organization, streamline the organization's information processes, and adapt quickly to change.…

This article reviews the literature on consultation, collegiality, and other forms of collaboration in schools, as a means of assessing the knowledge base and understanding its relationship to special education. Research on implementation of collaborative practices in special education is called for. (JDD)

Despite close links extension/research links in land-grant universities, barriers exist (inadequate collaboration, narrow research base, funding constraints, promotion/tenure pressures, bureaucracy). Solutions lie in joint planning/cooperation, leadership, facilitation, and revision of the appointment and reward system. (SK)

Offers 2 perspectives of Danforth School Administrators Fellowship Program. Discusses collaborative effort to improve secondary schools' faculty performance, collegiality, and cooperation. Describes program, involving 10 Iowa district teams meeting monthly for 1 year. Facilitator and member describe respective perceptions, training, roles, and…

Obstacles to implementation of speech-language services in a collaborative effort between speech-language pathologists and classroom teachers include access to the classroom and extension of language goals into the curriculum. Strategies to overcome the obstacles are discussed through descriptions of preschool-level and primary-level projects of…

Discusses advances in mathematics education research in relation to recent reform efforts. Proposes a collaborative to build a mathematics education community of people working together to conceptualize and carry out research on mathematics teaching and learning. (MDH)

Describes a study which shows that pairing content and English classes has immediate benefits for students of English as a Second Language. Suggests that content and language learning reinforce each other. Shows that such a pairing helped ESL community college students compete with native speakers in a psychology course. (SR)

Describes how nine Ohio secondary vocational schools and community colleges formed a marketing consortium to create a long-range plan for promoting their services. Offers information on how to form a consortium. (JOW)