Ray Chelewski is the first vocational-technical educator to win Walt Disney's top teaching honor. Chelewski is an agriculture teacher at the Presque Isle Regional Technology Center in northeast Maine. (JOW)

Highlights elementary school construction projects that have won the Learning By Design Awards for 2001. Projects covered involve new school construction; and renovation, additions, and restoration. (GR)

Highlights middle school construction projects that have won the Learning By Design Awards for 2001. Projects covered involve new school construction; and renovation, additions, and restoration. (GR)

Highlights high school construction projects that have won the Learning By Design Awards for 2001. Projects covered involve new school construction; and renovation, additions, and restoration. (GR)

Presents three award-winning school districts that have successfully used proactive community relations programs in keeping positive impressions in front of the public. Organizational profiles are provided along with summarized program descriptions. (GR)

The five recipients of the 1995 Meritorious Budget Award (MBA) found achieving a standard of excellence in budget documentation and presentation that the board, community, and local press could understand enormously challenging. Designed for school systems, the American Association of School Business Officials' MBA program effectively communicates…

Presents an interview with Chris Crutcher, writer for teens and winner of this year's Margaret A. Edwards Award. Discusses his childhood; reasons for writing about teenagers; his views on exposing adolescents to difficult subjects; insights from his experiences as a child and family therapist; role of humor; and reader responses to his stories.…

Presents photographs and basic information on architectural design, costs, square footage, and principle designers of the award winning postsecondary schools that competed in the American School & University Architectural Portfolio 2000. (GR)

Presents photographs and basic information on architectural design, costs, square footage, and principle designers of the award winning school renovation/modernization projects that competed in the American School & University Architectural Portfolio 2000. (GR)

Presents photographs and basic information on architectural design, costs, square footage, and principle designers of the award winning school renovation/modernization projects that competed in the American School & University Architectural Portfolio 1999. (GR)

Westlake (Ohio) High School's Industrial Technology/Technology Education Department provides many opportunities for students to strive for excellence through awards, contests, scholarships, and media exposure. The school has served as a test site for the Standards for Technological Literacy. (JOW)

Presents five winning designs from the 2000 School Architecture Awards. Photos and Floor plans from four high schools and one elementary school are presented. (GR)

Highlights award-winning Diamond Ranch High School (California) that was designed and built on a steep site around Los Angeles considered unsatisfactory for building due to its unstable soils. Building organization is discussed, and photos are provided. (GR)

Burt Huber and his team from Ariel Performance Centered Systems won a performance support design award at last year's Online Learning Conference for their system at Payless shoes. Huber discusses some details of his organization's designs; how he approaches a client; how he assesses organizational readiness for performance support; role of…

Announces the decision of the first year the committee of the National Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award has accepted applications from the education and health care fields. Details how companies and associations are working with educational institutions to produce a more literate, technologically skilled work force. (JOW)