This article features the Conestoga Valley School District and its Technology Education program. Conestoga Valley, which is located in historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, covers 56 square miles comprising a population of approximately 29,000 people in an area that is best described as agricultural and rural-residential. Situated near the…

This article talks about technological education in Ontario schools through their Broad-Based Technologies model. The philosophy that underlies the teaching of Broad-Based Technology is that students learn best by doing, with an emphasis on problem solving. The curriculum is an activity-based, project-driven approach to learning that provides…

The article describes a program in which deaf students from a Canadian residential school for the deaf attended a regular high school for certain subjects. The program's success is attributed to planning, adequate staff support, and the fact that students maintained their positions of leadership in the residential school. (Author/DB)

The article describes four mentorship models used with gifted high schoolers: (1) the Mentor Academy Program, a skill-based classroom model for training mentors; (2) the Learning Enrichment Service, a program coordinating enrichment in the school and community; (3) the Enrichment Satellite Program, a community-based mentorship service agency; and…

After attending a conference session about marketing, the author and his colleagues were inspired to start their own marketing program for the technology education program at Unionville High School in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. When they started, they had no idea how much that simple marketing program would pay off. Over the past seven years,…

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)

Describes highlights of educational programs at Divide County High School (Crosby, North Dakota), which was one of the few rural schools cited by President Reagan in 1984 for excellence in education under the Secondary School Recognition Program. (BRR)

The article describes a model program which provided a two-week summer seminar on East Asia for gifted high school learners at William and Mary College in Virginia. In addition to learning about East Asian culture and history, participants developed plans for sharing their new knowledge with local communities. (DB)

The Brillion School District is located in Brillion, Wisconsin, approximately 20 miles south of Green Bay in the heart of the Fox Valley. Brillion High School (BHS) has approximately 330 students in Grades 9-12. Brillion is home to approximately 3000 residents. Interestingly, Brillion also serves as the headquarters of three major manufacturing…

An exemplary program based at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay greatly increases the odds that at-risk youngsters will not only graduate from high school, but will go on to higher education. The program is also a model of university/community collaboration. ["Inspiring Students to Create the Future" was written with Timothy U.…

Based on data from four successful high school Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) programs, the document considers the problems that staff might encounter in incorporating handicapped students in EBCE, presents alternative strategies for solving these problems, and provides the basis for implementing EBCE programs that would serve…

The Construction Trades Foundation, a nonprofit corporation of business, industry, and school leaders, provides high school students in Montgomery County, Maryland, with unique hands-on experiences in construction, home design, marketing, public relations, and other fields. (SK)

Dramatic increases in the dropout rate, particularly among classified behavior disordered children, coupled with a decline in an Occupational Education enrollment project led to the creation of a "failure identity" for individuals and a loss of human resources to the national work force. The need to address this problem was the stimulus for…

Describes and assesses six high school reform projects that concern the values underlying secondary schooling; changes in curriculum, instruction, and teacher preparation; preparation of students for college; communication among schools undergoing reform; the condition of secondary education today and proposed solutions to problems; and the…

Lower-level mathematics courses often become a dead-end for mathematics course-taking among low-achieving students. However, several new upgraded mathematics courses reflecting emerging standards in mathematics are improving students' chances of taking college preparatory mathematics and raising student achievement. California and New York have…