Integrating ICTs into international development projects is common. However, focusing on how ICTs support leading, teaching, and learning is often overlooked. This article describes a team's approach to technology integration into the design of a large-scale, five year, teacher and leader professional development project in the country of Georgia.…

Millersville University of Pennsylvania (MU) has over 150 years of proud heritage in the preparation of teachers. This article describes how the Secondary Education Professional Development School (PDS) Program model has transformed Millersville University's secondary teacher education from a traditional teacher preparation program into a dynamic…

This article provides a broad overview of the history of career-focused education in the United States and the reauthorization of the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006. The Perkins act required that the recipients of its funding offer at least one program of study, and this reauthorization included four…

Educational reform in the United States is perpetually evolving. Much of the recent reforms have concentrated on high-stakes testing and assessment, but a parallel effort has been emerging in the field of vocational and career education. Prompted partly by federal legislation--most recently by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act…

The author describes a seven-part process model she used in planning alternative programs in response to changing student needs. (IRT)

Describes the school schedule used at Kirkwood High School in Missouri, in which six classes a day meet on a seven-hour schedule in a rotating seven-day cycle. Describes how this schedule meshes with the newspaper and yearbook classes. (SR)

Describes how the eight-block scheduling plan at North Kansas City High School has, despite difficulties, worked well for publications classes. (SR)

Considerable concern is focused today on whether the twelfth grade program meets the needs of today's students. Cites some reasons for the concern and some actions that can be taken to overcome it. (Editor)

Describes how the Comprehension and Cognitive Development Program (CCD) has evolved in the middle and high schools of the Kansas City, Missouri, school district. Provides a rationale for including specific components of the program. Demonstrates (with selections from teacher portfolios) the effect that the program has had on teachers' thinking and…

Offers a brief overview of the process undertaken by one school district in Missouri to explore and then implement a schedule change (in particular a block program)--a process involving parents, teachers, administrators, school board members, and students. (SR)

The objectives and program structure for Colombian vocational education are described as carried out under 1962 reforms. Technical education, including industrial, agricultural, and commercial programs, a national apprenticeship service and health service training are features of the program. (KM)

This report explains the Title IX regulations mandating coeducational physical education and describes the resulting successful "new P.E." programs. According to the publication, the "new P.E." is aimed at fulfilling the growth, development, behavior, health-related fitness, and athletic fitness needs of every student. The…

Includes descriptions of 16 of the participating schools written by administrators of those schools. (IRT)

Explores the role of law-focused education in the social studies curriculum. Discusses four perceptions generally held in legal education programs: (1) law is important on the American scene; (2) the meaning, application, and impact of the law must be explored; (3) law plays a continuing role in dispute resolution; (4) law must be guided by…

Summarizes the secondary school reform program instituted in Norway in 1971. Content includes: background of the reform, preparation of the reform proposal, experiments in the schools, guiding principles and structure of the reform, parliamentary handling of the reform, public debate, and suggestions for additional research on the reform program.…