Describes the strategic planning process used in Wisconsin to keep marketing education programs viable. Includes information about the framework, the model, and needs assessment. Stresses the importance of evaluation and implementation. (JOW)

Creating a unitary system to support educating handicapped students in their neighborhood general education programs requires that general and specialized services complement and support each other and that all personnel employ instructional strategies that meet diverse students' needs. Restructuring efforts require careful planning,…

Describes how a typical high school in Huntington Beach, California, curbed disruptive student behavior by personalizing the school experience for "problem" students. Through mostly volunteer efforts, an adopt-a-kid program was initiated that matched kids' learning styles to adults' personality styles and resulted in fewer suspensions…

Describes a baccalaureate nursing program's efforts to implement a community-focused curriculum that will prepare nurses for a changed health-care system. Describes the students' program that includes mental health experience, health screening for preschoolers, and other clinical experiences. (Author/JOW)

The following challenges confront cooperative education: making it central to academic programs; articulating multiple benefits to multiple audiences; defining it clearly; generating research on participation and outcomes; expanding general awareness and top-level support; building effective coalitions; and linking postsecondary education with the…

Describes a new data compression technique that utilizes the common morphological structure of languages. Topics include classification of languages and their morphological structure; structured text compression; the algorithm and an example using Turkish; theoretical implications; and implementation. (LRW)

HORIZONS, a German project under the European Community's Human Resources initiative, has reached the disadvantaged target group, but most participants have received only attendance certificates of little employment value. Most project organizers underestimated the amount of effort required to plan and run transnational activities. (JOW)

Describes the process from inception to successful operation of a university-based, nurse-managed clinic, based on Covey's seven habits of highly effective people. Includes information on the planning process, financing, political strategies for gaining approval, and ongoing development of services. (JOW)

Discusses the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and its implementation at the local level. Identifies barriers to implementation and outlines suggestions for transition educators who are instrumental in fulfilling the promise of ADA. (Author/JOW)

In a sample of 285 (of 1,363) corporations, reports of supervisor reaction to supervisory training were assessed to measure program success. Results highlight the importance of training administrators' role in convincing supervisors and their superiors of the value of training before implementation. (SK)

Responses from 106 of 363 industrial arts/technology education/trade and industrial teachers in North Carolina on the Stages of Concern Questionnaire found the majority positive about curriculum change but concerned about its personal effects, allocation of resources, and state requirements for implementation. (SK)

Describes steps in establishing crisis intervention team in schools: determining goals, performing needs assessment, finding model programs, developing membership pool, developing training program, preparing and maintaining list of resources and plans for support services, establishing communication network, designating base of operations,…

The Applied Communication curriculum addresses skills students will need as adults and offers the best means for imparting them. Students acquire relevant skills and enhanced self-esteem; teachers take on an exciting new role as facilitator or coach. (Author/JOW)

Describes a district's reorganization of 2 K-5 schools into 1 for all K-2 grades and 1 for all 3-5 grades for economic reasons. The principal of the 3-5 facility views better focus and certain innovative initiatives (involving coverage of special topics, a whole-language reading program, and a sequential-research-skills approach) as advantages.…

A model of technology education should provide a framework allowing immersion into actual technological practice. The article presents a model that challenges students to apply human direction to identify problems or opportunities, select appropriate resources, and employ technological processes to produce assessable outcomes. A model laboratory…