Summarizes key themes described in the learning organization literature and discusses ways in which each theme illuminates how schools might be better organized to deliver services for students with disabilities. Addresses organizational learning, knowledge, authentic communication, vision, steward leadership, systems perspective, and…

Explores some reasons why information and communication technologies are difficult to evaluate. Discusses 10 reasons why information technologies require new evaluation approaches. Discusses two ways to look at any educational innovation: in terms of its uniform impact and its unique uses. Notes inequities in access to technology. (SR)

Examines the technological transformation of Des Moines Public Schools. Concentrates on the costs, some financial but mostly human and organizational, that emerge as the district implements a program to dramatically increase computer technology use. (DDR)

Explores the advantages and disadvantages of integrating computers into education and describes the cultural implications for educational policy. Contains 21 references. (DDR)

Successful school program innovation must incorporate technology as a tool to enhance teaching and learning. Employing a club structure that encourages student and staff leadership development, a Kansas junior high school integrates technology by organizing Web sites around themes and topics supporting the notion of community. Contains 12 Web site…

Argues that there is no longer a linear relationship between learning and earning and that there should be more flexibility in combining work with education as a way to encourage continual learning throughout one's life. States that the acquisition of a skill or trade should not preclude future participation in a university education. (AMA)

Examples from Web sites depict how state agencies, nonprofit advocacy groups, and educational institutions are finding new applications for geographic information systems (GIS) and ways to increase access to GIS technology and the data needed for GIS projects. Describes the New York State Data Sharing Cooperative, Chesapeake Bay Program, New York…

Data from the 1994-95 Teacher Follow-up Survey, summarized in "What Happens in Classrooms," paint a picture of teachers' instructional practices in the early days of standards-based reform. Teachers have incorporated some recommended practices, but have not decreased their conventional practices. (SLD)

Discusses the Engineering Criteria 2000 adopted by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The new criteria provide a framework by which chemical engineering faculties can develop programs to meet modern industrial needs without jeopardizing their accreditation standing. The criteria also require a change in emphasis from…

Discusses the opportunities and dangers associated with various aspects of implementing the Engineering Criteria 2000. Topics include: (1) understanding the continuous quality improvement process; (2) use of assessment terminology; (3) development of performance criteria; (4) use of local resources; (5) hiring an expert to aid the transition; (6)…

Provides a critique of how student voice has been positioned in curriculum innovation drawing on an evaluation of physical education as a subject in senior secondary school in Australia. Stresses that educators must consider how (rather than why) students' engagement in constructing their own schooling experience could be more explicit. (CMK)

Describes a school in France, which is the only complex in Europe that attempts to create a synergy among the activities of leisure, work, technology, training, and education. Discusses the evolution of the project, the design and flexibility of teaching spaces, information technology and communications strategies, and the project's success. (RJM)

Howard High School (South Dakota) is part of the Annenberg Rural Challenge, a privately funded national effort to strengthen rural schools and their communities. Rural Challenge schools create curricula specific to community history and resources, aiming to help students become active knowledgeable citizens. Student projects and the positive and…

Describes the changes needed in education to improve the nonmajor portion of undergraduate education using a multidisciplinary approach. Discusses the basic premises of nonmajor education, poses questions about those premises, and offers examples of items THAT are not taught but that undergraduates need. Summarizes educational implications that…

Reports on research that investigates the effect of teachers' sociological understanding of science on their design and implementation of curriculum innovations. Contains 26 references. (DDR)