Describes a plan for providing leadership to the field of technology education. Techniques include formation of an entrepreneurial task force with concrete goals to facilitate change. (CH)

Outlines activities planned by the 69 local development districts in the 11 member states to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Summarizes the results of a questionnaire sent to all local development districts to determine the commission's most important accomplishments and remaining needs. (NEC)

Describes Florida's Impaired Nurse Program, the goals of which are to protect the public from unsafe nursing care, to recognize chemical addiction as a treatable disease (thus conserving the valuable resource nursing represents to society), and to work to solve a problem that affects nurses nationwide. (CT)

Summarizes the approaches to computer requirements at: (1) Clarkson University; (2) Drexel University; (3) Stevens Institute; and (4) Virginia Tech. Software, hardware, courses, finances, faculty development, and other areas are addressed when applicable. (JN)

Describes the implementation of an elementary school writing program that motivates students by allowing them to write about their own interests and by encouraging them to comment on each other's works. (PGD)

The establishment of a gifted identification system for kindergarten children in a midwest school system is described. Implementation included the following steps: rationale for establishing the program, background and research, methods of screening and identifying participants, design of the program, and techniques of evaluation. (Author)

Important findings from the School Health Education Evaluation are summarized, focusing on the four principal scores of overall knowledge, attitude, practice, and program-specific knowledge. The relationship of those scores to measures of program implementation and cost is described. Variables of program effectiveness are discussed. (Author/MT)

Two substudies were conducted within the School Health Education Evaluation to assess implementation practices and cumulative effects. Special samples were identified to permit independent analysis of contributing factors. Results of the substudies are discussed. (Author/MT)

Describes a study conducted to determine how career education was described in the literature during the selected years of 1972, 1977, and 1982 and to identify possible trends. Specifically, the study sought to determine the quantity of articles published and doctoral dissertations written on career education for the selected years. (CT)

Describes evolution, implementation, and development of a personal computer plan at Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey). Although Stevens was the first college to establish a personal computer requirement, the core curriculum could not accommodate additional computing courses. Therefore, computing was integrated throughout the entire…

The article summarizes the status of implementation of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, in terms of numbers served; services (for students five years old and under, secondary and postsecondary aged, and institutionalized and previously institutionalized); personnel; least restrictive environment; procedural safeguards;…

Identifies and interprets several problems that beset environmental education (EE) and the Office of Environmental Education (OEE). Areas addressed include Public Law 91-516 (Environmental Education Act) and the OEE, problems related to implementing the act, funding, misinterpretation of the act's intent, the act's identity, and the status of EE…

Registered nurses returning to college need flexible options that meet learning needs while capitalizing on educational strengths. This article describes the rationale for the Guided Study Design and how it is implemented and evaluated. (JOW)

Three analyses were conducted for this progress report of the Reading Excellence Act as implemented in Alabama public schools. The first analysis involved third grade reading comprehension scores over the 3-year period (1999-2001). Overall, reading comprehension scores remained stable. Based on multiple criteria, schools that either failed to meet…

The rapid rise in entrepreneurship programs and centers has been fueled by unprecedented student demand, and the popularity of entrepreneurship courses is outstripping the supply in programs across the United States. Entrepreneurship education has been criticized as a fad by some, but it appears to have established a firm beachhead in higher…