Project Leadership was designed six years ago to provide school districts with resources necessary for a really first-class in-service program. Its uniqueness was evaluated. (Author/RK)

Three-day inservice training programs are being conducted by the Michigan Division of Services for the Blind to assist nursing home personnel in working with visually impaired residents. (CL)

The In-Service and Continuing Education Television (ICE/TV) project proposes to meet the educational needs of nurses and hospital personnel in the San Francisco Bay Area. (DB)

The participant's manual contains training materials for a national teleconference on coalition building for systems advocacy in agencies concerned with independent living for people with disabilities. Preliminary materials include the conference agenda, background information about the trainers, and organizational information on Independent…

This report provides general findings from the Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons (AEWR) survey of the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES). The survey was conducted by random-digit-dial telephone interviewing of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population ages 16 and older who were not enrolled in elementary or…

The author presents an individualized instruction method for teaching beginning typing using teacher aides. It was learned that students' achievement levels were higher when the course was taught as one module for a year, rather than two modules a semester. (AG)

What schools are doing by way of using their staffs more effectively in the instruction of youth is explored here as the author reports his findings in NASSP's exemplary program files. (Editor)

Article considered the advantages and the disadvantages of using parents as volunteers in the classroom. (RK)

An instructional design team, composed of experts in nursing, education, and media production, is used at the University of Wisconsin School of Nursing, Madison, to produce instructional units for a new curriculum. The authors summarize steps of team/faculty communications, team methodology, and factors influencing the team's effectiveness. (EA)

Equating cheating with clever solutions, copying with learning from observing a neighbor's work, and the notion that noise in a room is not conducive to learning are discussed. The author describes workshop situations in which teachers became aware of the burden such misplaced taboos places on their students' learning. (JP)

The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the problems encountered by admissions officers in seeking professional competency and to discuss several positive developments relative to competence which are now underway. (Author)

The Dayton, Ohio, public schools faced the challenge from industry of providing their students with a working knowledge of the metric system by having in-service training for all the teachers. Four goals were identified, and students in the ninth and twelfth grades were the objects of the initial program. (AG)

Looks at current trends in higher education: enrollment, student unrest, finances, and educational accountability. (Author/DN)

Article weighs the advantages of using closed circuit television for inservice training against the cost of video equipment and finds the balance in favor of the former. (GB)