Seven value-type catergories which can be used in guiding a programing situation analysis are social-psychological, economic, physiological and health, socio-political, education, environment and natural resources, and ecological relationships. These categories are related to seven basic questions in a matrix model to determine program needs. (MS)

If a program is based on sound, current educational objectives which are converted into priorities based on the relative importance of the program's goals, a quality program will most likely result. (Author)

Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) is an innovative program and strategy developed by the Washington (WA) State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) in conjunction with the state's 29 community colleges and five technical colleges. Its goal is to increase the rate at which adult basic education and…

Professional Development Schools (PDSs) are collaborative ventures between schools and teacher training institutions. We identify the characteristics of a school that lead to successful PDS collaboration, relating them to Teitel's model (2003) that merges the principal standards of collaboration with the stages necessary for developing a PDS. We…

Graduate education platforms have received general acclaim as key components in the future structural development of third-level and fourth-level education in Europe. In Ireland the Higher Education Authority (HEA) has endorsed the restructuring of postgraduate education to incorporate the training of research students in key generic and…

Believing that the support of the principal is essential to implementing a successful music program, this writer describes the ways he feels music instruction can be made available for the "other 80 percent." (Editor)

Hoffman (Minn.) High School's Project Input illustrates what a small community can do when it puts its mind and heart into the effort. It is one of only a very few schools in which all students at a particular grade level participate in a service program. (Editor)

Article discussed a learning center, focusing on science, an area in which self-discovery made an important difference and in which there has been increasing emphasis on individualization. (Author/RK)

This review of an art education program is the result of a continuing effort in New Jersey to develop policy and curriculum in meeting court mandates for defining more precisely the constitutional requirement for "Thorough and Efficient" education. (Editor/RK)

The major elements of the industry-based planning process can be successfully applied to the development and implementation of international projects in educational institutions. International education programs share the following fundamental structural elements with business and industry: they compete in the market place, and exist by managing…

During the period from January 19, 1972 to July 19, 1973, the Portland, Oregon, schools involved in Project Career Exploration 7-10 (PCE7-10) have focused on the goal of providing for every student in grades 7-10 the opportunity to explore, through hands-on experiences, many jobs found in broad families of occupations, with the aim of enabling…

A method for formulating and comparing fuctional program, course, units, and lesson objectives in vocational agricultural education is outlined. A philosophy regarding educational objectives which is based upon the p urpose of writing objectives together with a framework for analyzing such educational objectives are provided. (KP)

Using the analogy of farming to illustrate the nurturance of a career education program, the author offers practical suggestions on necessary first steps in cultivating career education. (Editor)