This qualitative study documented the variance of five different school districts and one consortium as they implemented Local Professional Development Committees (LPDCs). Two of the sites were pilot districts in the state of Ohio, which mandated that districts/consortiums create LPDCs effective in September 1998. The six different cases are…

Every year, thousands of college students head to television newsrooms to work as interns to learn from the professionals. Back on campus, they sit in classes and listen to professors who, many times, have not been in a television newsroom themselves for years and years. This research looks at faculty internships. In this pilot-study, the…

The rationale of an occupational-based competency examination and the testing of several designs at Wayne State University are described. The purpose of such a testing program would be to earn college/university credit and/or teacher certification. (DS)

Article was concerned with the job satisfaction, commitment, and general morale within the Australian teaching profession. (Author/RK)

MIDNY'', an acronym for Mid-New York--a five county area, was involved in a six year Cooperative Extension Service pilot effort in community resource development. (Author/RK)

Pilot programs for school safety initiated in Tulsa include a 2-way radio communication installation on school buses and vandalism detection devices in selected schools. (MF)

Describes the work of the Children's Art Carnival'', an arts center in Harlem for children four through fourteen. (SP)

Article is based on a speech given at the NCTE Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, November 1970. Describes Methods, experience, and results of a pilot project in African literature at a senior high school in Kansas City, Missouri (Editor/RB)

As a means of avoiding the problem of course overlap, this article suggests the talent in several business classes be coordinated and utilized on one project. (JS)

The Exemplary Program in Career Development, now in its second year in the elementary schools of Bismarck, builds a sequence of significant tasks that are incorporated into the regular curriculum at each grade level. (RB)

An elementary school pilot career program that includes evaluation of self-characteristics, exploration of broad occupational areas, introduction to the economic and social values of work, and introduction to sociological and psychological meanings of work. (RB)

The full time assignment of a school physician at a neighborhood health center can provide improved health services to the target school population. (Author)

Presents the objectives, course content outlines, and instructional strategies of an innovative science curriculum in the pilot phase at the Elyria High School. The program currently involves 125 students and a team of teachers and consultants. The program is centered around a series of "central learning experiences and "individual…