This paper summarizes the first 2 years of a school improvement effort in a low-performing rural school district in southern Virginia that involved developing a balanced K-12 curriculum aligned with the state's standards of learning. Project evaluation focused on changes in the school environment and in teaching and learning that resulted from the…

A study focused on the relationship between instructional strategies and students' reported meta-skill attainment in an adult education context. Using the data collected from 2,507 end-of-course surveys of students in the Graduate Studies in Education program at Indiana Wesleyan University, analyses were run to test for correlations between the…

Concentrating on six institutions with doctoral programs in library and information science--Drexel University (Pennsylvania), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Syracuse University (New York), and the University of Wisconsin at Madison--graduate programs and faculty are…

Involving state content standards in the development of individualized education programs (IEPs) for students with disabilities--a practice most often referred to as "standards-based IEPs"--is a growing area of interest in special education. The Access Center, a federally funded technical assistance resource, is dedicated to helping…

This bulletin contains abstracts of the addresses delivered at a conference called by the United States Commissioner of Education to consider problems concerned with the professional preparation of teachers for rural schools. They were prepared from copies of the addresses or abstracts of them furnished by the speakers who prepared or delivered…

During the period 1918 to 1926 the total population of the United States increased somewhat less than 15,000,000, not quite a 14 per cent growth, according to estimates of the Bureau of the Census. During this same time the number of high schools increased 5,400, a 33 per cent increase. The teaching force in these schools practically doubled. The…

Keeping high school students in school and helping them gain competence and confidence in skills so that they can be successful in the world of work and/or college is an enormous challenge. The results of one study clearly demonstrated a direct correlation between one's self-esteem and academic competence. The more competent one feels, the better…

In the nation there are four or five million children who have educational needs so unusual that they require special help from the schools. Such children include those with physical handicaps, mental retardation, serious social or emotional problems, or giftedness. Progress is being made in providing for these children, but educational provisions…

At Metropolitan State University, the Individualized Educational Planning Course was a response to adult students' unique curriculum needs. Students learn university expectations of quality; plan solid, individualized degrees; examine what it means to be an educated person; pursue knowledge actively and successfully through informed choices; and…

A course in pharmacy administration principles at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy taught by Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) was found to produce generally favorable student evaluation of course and instructor. Examples of instructional unit objectives are provided. (Author/MLW)

Today's leaders face a world dramatically different from that of the previous generation. Thus, they cannot rely on experience from the past, but need to anticipate future needs and circumstances and to develop more flexible organizations to achieve the transformation from an industrial to a communication era. (WD)

Describes an appended questionnaire prepared for the Ministry of Education of the Quebec Region to determine the influence of the linguistic environment on learners of English as a second language and to define their needs at the secondary school level. Points out that statistical results support simultaneous teaching of the four skills and…

Describes efforts of the Florida Division of Vocational Education to translate the Employability Skills Series into Spanish. Reports the findings of the field-test evaluation conducted on the Spanish version of the Employability Skills Series which found the materials were just as effective in Spanish. (LRA)

A two-year federally-funded center has set out to make school for Navajos "a place of success rather than a place of failure and frustration." A brief history of Navajo education and a discussion of community-based programs, Navajo curriculum, energy curriculum, and bilingual program success are provided. (MLW)

Guidelines for the development of the University of Utah's externships and clerkships in community, hospital and clinical pharmacy practice are discussed. Topics include competency guidelines, curriculum, preceptor selection criteria, site selection, and preceptor and student evaluation. Behavioral objectives, library recommendations, and rating…