Incidents of point-shaving and placing and accepting bets are evidence that professional gamblers are influencing college sports and campus life. Because of student athletes' competitive nature, they may be more likely to engage in gambling. The National Collegiate Athletic Association and individual colleges are examining and addressing this…

Examines 10 dichotomies in teacher education to see which ones are symptoms of larger problems in society and which fall within the province of the teacher education community. Condenses the 10 dichotomies down to two, focusing on the dependence of teacher education policy on a wider, but not always wise, public, and the effects of specialization…

Investigated the extent to which Florida's school districts complied with the Florida Department of Education's (FDOE) recommendations for addressing sexual harassment in schools. Surveys of district equity coordinators and analysis of policies indicated that most districts approved sexual harassment policies incorporating many FDOE…

Increasingly, when children are not safe in their homes, they are placed with relatives. This article discusses how factors such as availability of foster care, attitudes toward extended families, and policies regarding payment for care costs have contributed to the growth in kinship care. Research on kinship care is reviewed, and needed policies…

Describes an ongoing three-year research project comparing the purposes, antecedents, and consequences of large-scale educational reforms in Alberta, Manitoba, Minnesota, England, and New Zealand. Comparative analysis focuses on policy origins and the role of ideology in reform proposals, codification of reform into law or regulation,…

Interviews with 29 policymakers involved in the development of the National Vocational Qualifications/Scottish Vocational Qualifications identified four factors influencing the reform initiative: pressure for vocational relevance, postindustrial nature of economic change and work, need to make training standards based rather than time served, and…

Two eastern superintendents explain how to develop sportsmanship in interscholastic athletics. A summit meeting in Superintendent Ritacco's district produced a policy governing sportsmanlike behavior in district athletics programs and community youth leagues. Superintendent Kerr's board embedded sportsmanship in a larger athletic philosophy that…

A survey of 210 parent members of one state's local interagency coordinating council found that parent members typically had higher incomes and educational levels and were less likely to belong to an ethnic minority than expected, based on state demographic data. Implications for facilitating representation of all families in early intervention…

Case studies of the transfer of training policies, practices, and delivery systems from one developed country to another and from developed to developing countries identified barriers. Because the education and training system is embedded in a sociocultural context, the success of transfer may be limited. (Contains 49 references.)

Discusses the dynamics of accountability in public schools. Looks at the potential benefits that are likely to accrue from the focus on student performance. (Contains 25 references.) (JOW)

Sound technology policies can spell the difference between an effective website and an online nightmare. An effective web development policy addresses six key areas: roles and responsibilities, content/educational value, privacy and safety, adherence to copyright laws, technical standards, and use of commercial sites and services. (MLH)

Using Texas's experience with standards and high-stakes testing, this critical sociocultural view of accountability illuminates hidden or neglected aspects of accountability-its meanings, consequences, and the processes by which it is institutionalized. Authority is moving to the state level; teachers, parents, and students have too little…

Documents a project in which parent-principal collaboration provided a policy framework for student codes of conduct. The framework was the outcome of a systematic, research-based process that provides a model for parent-principal collaboration. Discusses the implications for using this approach in the context of more general forms of parental…

Investigated the perceptions toward electronic academic publishing held by university administrators and faculty within the Florida State University system. Findings show the need to develop formal policies regarding the acknowledgment of electronic scholarly publishing in promotion and tenure decisions for faculty from the informal policies that…

Uses a case-study approach based on Mazzoni's 1991 "Political Initiation of Policy Innovation" model to examine the politics of Newfoundland's 1990 Royal Commission on Education, as it attempted to reform the province's denominational education system. Mazzoni's linear model was successfully modified to reflect ancillary economic,…