Panelists and participants of the Global Summit on Distance Education addressed the roles of the private sector, governments and educational institutions in creating equitable and useful distance education services as telecommunication policies and rules are changing worldwide. This report provides an executive summary, summary of proceedings, and…

The management theories of W. Edwards Deming are known as Total Quality Management (TQM) and advocate building quality into organizational processes rather than analyzing outcomes. Although TQM was originally developed for the workplace, educational reformers have been applying its principles to higher education. The original 14 points of Deming's…

This report presents the implementation plans recommended by the Implementation Task Force (ITF) of the National Commission on Allied Health (NCAH) and reviews the purpose, goals, and impact of each plan. Chapter 1 introduces the NCAH and ITF and provides an overview of the role of allied health in today's health care environment and how that role…

The successful integration of information technologies in the teaching of biology and other sciences is in part dependent on the transition from closed to open teaching and learning environments. This paper outlines the transition from a closed model of schooling in rural Newfoundland and Labrador to the beginnings of an open model. Seniors in a…

The act of exemplary teaching requires the orchestration of subject matter knowledge and pedagogical knowledge with pedagogical content knowledge. If this last component is not sufficiently present, then we may be quite efficient in presenting students with rote information. If this last component is sufficiently present (and carried out well),…

This report focuses on gifted and talented education in six rural schools. An introduction summarizes a 1999 national assessment of rural gifted education and points out that the standards movement may hinder development of both effective rural schools and gifted programming. Of the six schools profiled, two were founded especially for gifted and…

This report focuses on trade unions in Britain as negotiators for and providers of education and training, either alone or in partnership with employers and educational institutions. Section 1 introduces the report's aims. Section 2 gives an overview of union involvement in education and training. It also introduces the tensions within current…

This paper describes the outcomes of 11 California pilot projects designed to return students with disabilities to public education. A total of 220 students with severe disabilities who had been previously placed in private sites were selected to participate based on class communication between the public and private settings. Service delivery…

Discusses unification of elementary and secondary school districts and examines an application of a negative incentive -- reduction of State aid to districts that fail to operate and maintain educational programs for children K-12. (JF)

Teacher educators and computer scientists at the University of Texas (Arlington) jointly created a computer software program which permits management, review, and renewal of the secondary school teacher certification curriculum. The planning and development of the computer-managed program are described. (PP)

The teacher education program at Doane College (Nebraska) was substantially overhauled to provide additional support for beginning teachers. Program changes include raising admission and graduate requirements, offering graduate courses and supervision for new teachers, and cooperative activities with the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. (PP)

Reports on the five guest speeches given at the second North Central Division Leadership Conference. The speeches emphasized the importance of assessing community needs; collaboration between higher education and K-12 to advance music education; and planning based on future enrollments and on awareness of educational trends. (CS)

A study of 10 social studies education students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign focused on consequences of pairing student teachers in a field experience program. Most of the findings suggest that the paired student teacher concept may have constructive implications for budgetary considerations and peer support relationships. (FG)

An annotated bibliography is presented containing 28 citations of materials available in the ERIC database. Subjects covered are: (1) teaching conditions and the school environment; (2) fostering professionalism in teaching; (3) the school environment and staff development; and (4) involvement of schools, colleges, and departments of education in…

Reviews the purposes and findings of a nationwide study of state directors of two-year college systems conducted to measure the current status and future directions of statutory and administrative agency policies affecting potential community college and public school coordination and cooperation with respect to lifelong learning. (DMM)