A partnership between Honeywell and a Minnesota school district benefited both organizations through shared resources and provision of staff development programs. Details on how this collaborative project was designed and implemented are discussed. (DF)

Through OE's National Diffusion Network educators learn about programs that work--and one of them may just be the answer to a problem of their own. (Editor)

Schools can be marked by intense isolation among teachers, between teachers and administrators, and between parents and teachers. This research brief presents information about successful organizations and schools, where everyone understands and agrees on common goals. A clear vision, expressed through specific goals and high expectations, guides…

Article discussed the role of parents in the education of their children and how to increase parent involvement in forming educational policy. (RK)

Discusses two-year experience of conducting an interdisciplinary undergraduate program which integrates liberal arts into technical curricula and emphasize non-conventional learning processes and evaluation. The purpose is to prepare students with abilities to develop technology needed by society and to minimize its side effects harmful to the…

Discussed the responsibility of the school in providing broad programs of physical activity in elementary and secondary schools. (RK)

Article described the why and hows of an innovative Special Education diploma program, which prepares teachers to work with children who are blind, deaf and mentally retarded or some combination of those handicaps. (Editor/RK)

Discussed talent search programs and their objectives, such as finding disadvantaged students who, with developmental assistance and financial support, could profit from additional education and training, and then counsel these students and help them find academic admission and occupational placement. (Author/RK)

Article described the potential the music program has and the challenge it faces for the music specialist in the open classroom. (Editor/RK)

Discussed the development of a high school course on urban problems. (RK)

Considered the contributions of MENC and the needs and desires of music educators being served by MENC. (RK)

Interdepartmental centers and programs dealing with environment are discussed as well as the role of education in combating environmental problems. (Author/RK)

Summarized are problems and procedures involved in the 3-year development of a competency based graduate level instructional program to prepare curriculum consultants for the education of exceptional children. (MC)

This article describes a career planning workshop for managers and its purpose is to support and accelerate the process of individual development without organizational coercion or manipulation. (Author/RK)

Discusses three components of a performance based teacher education program. The program objectives are defined in terms of knowledge; performance; consequence; and affective. The selection of conditions, and evaluation methods for each objective are outlined. (PS)