A 1985 Hawaii regulation requires that students participating in athletics must have a 2.0 grade point average and pass all courses required for graduation at the end of each grading period. The PASS program at Kahuku High School was developed to keep student athletes from being academically disqualified and to help underachievers regain their…

Describes a pilot study that tested a Macintosh computerized speech version and a paper-and-pencil version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies--Depression scale for screening adult depression symptoms. Equivalence, reliability, and participant preferences are examined, and future research is suggested. (40 references) (LRW)

The public has a legal right to produce and broadcast programs on public-access cable stations; educational stations are free to determine which programs they broadcast. Since 91% of Americans watch television daily, educators could use that medium to improve public understanding of their roles. A Yonkers program is described. (MLH)

During 1992, the American College Testing Program (ACT) attempted to develop a collaborative portfolio model to support both the classroom and the need for information about student capabilities. The program was pilot-tested in 7 high schools; during the 1995-96 academic year, 20 high schools will be involved in a field test. (MLH)

This pilot project in distance education at the University of Minnesota used compressed video technology to link two campuses. Applications ranged from education and training sessions to policy planning meetings, and participants from a variety of fields were involved. Responses to a questionnaire administered to participants to assess the…

Describes briefly two projects of the National Writing Project (NWP) that encourage the incorporation of technology into NWP activities: the NWP/Polaroid Education Program Pilot Project and the "America's Smartest Home Videos" Awards Project. (SR)

Provides 12 steps for planning, implementing, and piloting Web-based training. Shows how a formal pilot can provide insight into how well the proposed solution will work within the organization. (JOW)

Discussion of changes in organizational environments focuses on nonbureaucratic, or nontraditional, organizations, and the role of information technology. A model of a nontraditional organizational design is described and results of a pilot study of the role of information technology in nontraditional organizations are presented. Contains 114…

Describes the development and informal pilot testing of a technology-based model for professional development designed to provide support to teachers in Quebec, Canada. Results from two pilot schools offer support and feedback for the model and identify areas for further research and evaluation. (SLD)

When teachers at Thomas Gardner Elementary School voted in fall 2003 to join Boston's network of "pilot" schools, they had no inkling of the political firestorm that lay ahead. A few months after they moved to become part of the city's nationally watched experiment with small, autonomous public schools, the president of the Boston Teachers Union…

Online orientation is provided due to the flexibility of online learning. The online orientation consists of the GIANT steps which stands for Get support, Identify your curriculum, Assemble your program, Navigate students through the pilot project and Test students.

Following months of pressure from states and education groups, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has announced a pilot program that will let some states use what are known as growth models to evaluate the success of schools and districts under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Growth models track the progress of youngsters over…

Academic libraries increasingly rely on Interlibrary Loan (ILL) departments to obtain research materials. This adds to the workload of ILL at a time when many libraries are experiencing budget cuts and dwindling staff. Collaboration between ILL and Reference can assist ILL by providing searching expertise. Collaboration is facilitated by the…

The paper explores the role of values in design decision-making through the eyes of key authors and a pilot study. "Knowing that" and "knowing how" in designing are reviewed and the problematic distinctions between "know how"; and skill noted. The effect of values on design decision-making is discussed and examples from the pilot study are…

For the construction of its newest school in Quebec (Canada), the Grandes-Seigneuries School Board, which has long been noted for its energy efficiency approach, wanted to set itself an especially challenging project which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions to close to zero. From an architectural standpoint, a series of simple methods, well…