A Specialist Degree in Teaching is the result of a four-year development effort at the University of South Carolina designed to meet the complex needs of a career teacher. The goals and curriculum of the program are described as well as strategies for program evaluation. (MT)

The data gathered in Project ESCAPE and the experiences encountered throughout the three-year program give strong evidence that classroom teachers are willing and able to assume increased responsibility for the formal preparation and continued education of members of their own profession. (MM)

The project described in this article, the Middle Grades Project, is based on a collaborative partnership between a university school of education and three middle grades schools. The project reflects a shift in the conceptual perspective of middle grades schooling. The three-step school improvement plan,…