This article describes a three-phase program used by a counseling department to improve services, provide professional growth, and thereby relieve job anxiety. (HLM)

Death education can help people learn about death, cope with it, and function resourcefully. A well-designed and carefully considered death education program must be made available to all students. It would be a tragic lost opportunity for our educational system if the schools refused to accept the challenge of death education. (Author)

The Senior Option Program offers options as substitutes for courses in high school. First-year options include independent study, performing service for community or school, working for pay, and studying in another setting. Eligibility depends on the student's having completed credit requirements and all but one course requirement for graduation.…

Institutions that recognize individual needs and view individual feelings as natural and normal generally either provide effective strategies or allow for their development. Rather than punishing an individual for feelings, the institution provides an opportunity for dealing with feelings in a manner productive to the individual and to the…

Discusses educational benefits of the Internet and what schools are doing to integrate technology into the middle- and high-school curriculum. Reviews pitfalls of technology integration, initiation and implementation tips for administrators, program-evaluation strategies, and censorship issues. The Internet brings immediacy and individualization…

Discusses the revamping of high school biology and chemistry curricula with the guiding principles of hands-on science and performance-based assessment. Includes goal identification, program design, and a discussion on measures of success. (DDR)

Uses the form of an original three-act drama to sketch the dilemmas of educational reform. Highlights the experiences of a teacher struggling to reform language arts instruction and assessment in a traditional urban high school. (SR)

The International Invitational Conference on Technology in K-12 Classrooms was hosted by the Center for Excellence in Education at Indiana University Bloomington in 1997. Reports on some of the 25 top educational innovators who presented their technology projects. Highlights Best Practices in Education (BPE), a small nonprofit organization that…

Howard Gardner's research explores why some students achieve (test) well, while others struggle. Gardner's ideal school features master teachers and an assessment specialist to provide regular, updated intelligence evaluations of each student's strengths, weaknesses, and inclinations. Curricula would use fresh approaches borrowed from museums and…

Problems and difficulties encountered in designing evaluation studies of educational projects in public education are reviewed, noting evaluation issues related to data collection, data analysis, and reporting. It is suggested that evaluation reports include qualitative and quantitative information and focus on descriptive methods of analyzing and…

Short descriptions and contact information for the 14 programs nominated for the 1996 Australian Rural Education Award. The winner's acceptance speech describes the Students at Risk Program at East Kalgoorlie Public School (Western Australia), a transportation and health support program developed from discussions with children and parents that…

This response to the Institute of Medicine's 1995 report concerning the present status and future needs of dental education suggests the IOM report is stimulating dental schools to undertake new initiatives. The author regrets, however, that the IOM study gave only superficial treatment to continuing education and the global responsibilities and…

Profiles four successful charter schools. San Diego's O'Farrell Community School provides an enrichment curriculum for inner-city middle schoolers. The Minnesota New Country School, established by three teachers, stresses individual and group projects. Saint Paul's City Academy engages 60 racially diverse youngsters with real-life construction…

The hypermedia nature of the World Wide Web may represent a true paradigm shift in telecommunications, but barriers exist to the Web having similar impact on education. Some of today's college students compare the Web with "bad TV"--lengthy pauses, links that result in error messages, and animation and sound clips that are too brief.…

Examines the intersection of policy and practice in the areas of systemic reform and special education. Provides examples of statewide system reform efforts in Kentucky, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Vermont, as well as examples of how children with disabilities are included in the total reform efforts. (Author/CR)