A fictional "look back" at changes in education from 1985 to 2005 predicts that the "excellence" movement and the "microcomputer revolution" will have peaked in 1985 and given way to a "productive schools reformation" based on more practical uses of many new forms of technology. (PGD)

Educational technology can be a catalyst for creating new learning structures. For the past six years, Central Harlem's Earth Lab project has been designing, implementing, and observing effects of a local area network system intended to facilitate collaborative work in elementary earth science. System coordinates small groups, promotes teacher…

A new era is coming in which business and education will contribute what each is best equipped to contribute in order to bring advanced technology and the economies of scale to education. (Author/IRT)

The role of technology in rural Alaskan education is described in relation to seven problems: remoteness; limited curricula; small, multigraded classes; imbedded cultural traditions; dispersed management structures; inadequate training opportunities; and high cost. The issues of control, standardization, and scale are also discussed. (PB)

Proposes that a revolution in instruction will be characterized primarily by individualization of instruction leading to sophisticated systems of adaptive education. (MF)

The rapid growth of charter schools has encouraged innovation and led to new models of schooling. Foremost among these are cyber charter schools where students learn from computer-based lessons beyond the walls of the traditional schoolhouse setting. The authors present the case of cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania. They describe how cyber…