Describes an aviation/aerospace teacher-education workshop that allows elementary school teachers to become familiar with aviation fundamentals and issues and with ways to incorporate aviation topics into their curricula. (JOW)

Provides educators with a baseline of approaches to environmental education for nonenvironmental engineering students. Determines the scope of environmental programs offered as special programs. Analyzes survey responses and makes suggestions for program implementation. (DDR)

Presents WebShaman, an application built to demonstrate how a distributed virtual prototyping system with a client/server architecture, could support geographically distant designer/customer communication. Provides an overview of smart virtual prototyping; discusses implementation of synchronous collaboration via the World Wide Web; and assesses…

Describes parents' involvement in implementing a basic-schools initiative that integrates proven best research-based practices for elementary education. Data from individual and focus-group interviews and participant observations show that school personnel and parents engaged in traditional involvement methods as a foundation to involvement in…

Explores the implementation and development of an emergency street-kid shelter in Montreal. Concludes that, by merging locality development with a commitment to social action, the program has fostered an empowered community. (Author/JOW)

The 1998 Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program provides $120 million for Title I schools and an additional $25 million for all public schools. Almost 3,000 schools are receiving $50,000 each to implement schoolwide models listed and explained in this article. Challenges and funding tips are discussed. (Contains 13 references.) (MLH)

A parent objected to a district's replacement of the gifted pull-out program with gifted-talented clusters in regular classrooms. Teachers would be trained to work with special-needs students, but not to differentiate curricula for advanced students. He agreed to advance his daughter a grade, but deplores reforms' transitional effects. (MLH)

Techforce, a project to highlight and expand participation of information technology employers in school-to-work programs discovered the following: the need for dialogue, different forms of centers for excellence, and the critical role of intermediaries. The Information Technology Pathway Pipeline model was developed with input from employers and…

Reports on characteristics of summer-term projects for migrant students, types of services offered, and student records systems. About 1,700 Migrant Education-Basic Grant Program projects operated in 1998, serving approximately 262,000 migrant students. Most of the projects were small, and almost all provided academic instruction. (Author/SLD)

Business students interviewed managers in 94 companies, 52 of which were involved in total quality management (TQM). Those not using TQM cited no perceived benefits or small company size. They were less likely to provide training in group process, empower employees to make quality improvements, or employ cross-functional teams. (SK)

Implementation of the Core Knowledge Sequence in 12 various schools across the United States is evaluated. Interviews and focus groups with teachers and principals reveal the nature of the reform program, local context, systemic and policy level forces, and the capacity for change impact on the implementation process. (MMU)

Electronic publishing is the grandest revolution in the capture and dissemination of academic and professional knowledge since Caxton developed the printing press. This article examines electronic publishing, describes different electronic publishing scenarios (authors' cooperative, consolidator/retailer/agent oligopsony, publisher oligopoly), and…

Illustrates a new model for innovative enterprises by reviewing the process an instruments and control systems manufacturer used to implement changes in its corporate operating philosophy. Outlines the "Quantum Model": spheres of control, influence, interest, and UNs (unknown, unpredictable, uncontrollable, uncomfortable). Discusses…

Reviews the literature and describes the nature and feasibility of brief interventions in the treatment of alcohol use disorders. Attention is given to the promising results of outcome studies, and recommendations are provided for the implementation of brief interventions with a heterogeneous clientele. (Contains 39 references.) (GCP)

Identifies barriers and facilitators to the implementation of patient education in community pharmacies and classifies these barriers and facilitators into the diffusion stages of Rogers'"Innovations in Organizations" model. Discusses the implementation of patient education activities that require individual and organizational change in…