Proposes that each elementary and secondary student, by 1990, should be offered an average of 30 minutes per day at a computer terminal. Examines the costs of this proposal and the barriers to its implementation. (Author/RW)

Discusses strategies used in conducting an educational program for infants and toddlers. Purposes of infant and toddler education and differences in infant versus preschool programing are discussed. (Author/RH)

Presents guidelines and strategies for the joint development and subsequent implementation of the individualized education programs (IEPs) and the relationship between special education and vocational education in this process. Three major topical areas are explored: key concepts, IEP development in vocational education, and IEP implementation…

In using the framework, the two main administrative problems encountered are reporting the evaluation to the decision makers and the feasibility of conducting an IEP evaluation. (Author/PHR)

Presents guidelines for implementing a district-wide reading improvement system, gleaned from the experiences of the Detroit school system. (ET)

Discusses the administrative and pedagogical issues related to the establishment and operation of an instructional program for library users in an academic library. (FM)

Outlines the need for interagency cooperation in the vocational development of the handicapped and disadvantaged and develops a futuristic model to be implemented. Discusses advocacy and its role in professional associations, potential barriers to organizational advocacy, and the role of professional associations in organizational advocacy. (CT)

Presents an assessment of the implementation of the Career Education Incentive Act program. A major finding was that the goals of widespread career education implementation as a result of the Act were probably unattainable, given the low levels of funding provided to states during the first years of operation. (CT)

Attempts to develop a standardized set of program objectives which could be used in designing, implementing, operating, and evaluating postsecondary marketing and distributive education programs and which would ultimately result in a degree of program standardization. (CT)

To determine why North Carolina's limited guardianship law is not being utilized by developmentally disabled (DD) persons, interviews were conducted with 79 DD adults, 14 group home housemanagers, 8 clerks of court, 8 social workers, 13 mental retardation specialists, and 13 parents of DD persons. (Author)

This article presents a rationale, based on study findings, for including death education in the school curriculum, describes first steps in program implementation, and suggests some teaching concepts and approaches for different grade levels. (SJL)

Findings indicate that bottom-up (practice-based) educational innovations face the same kind of implementation challenges as top-down (theory-based) innovations. This article examines an educational innovation from its practice-based creation to its mandated implementation as public policy, presenting a case study of Advancement Via Individual…

The Cambridge (Ohio) City Schools have started an e-mail program that provides opportunities for correspondence and for developing social writing skills, while placing the responsibility for success and appropriate behavior on the students. Discusses successes, problems encountered, and future plans. (PEN)

Implementing technology in a classroom is a personal process that varies from teacher to teacher. The Concerns-Based Adoption Model identifies seven stages of concern that teachers may experience, from awareness to refocusing ideas. Innovative staff development strategies include establishing organizational structures to support technological and…

Meier is no bleeding-heart liberal who oversimplifies difficulties involved in creating classrooms and schools reflective of productive learning contexts. Larger system of school governance is inimical to creating such contexts. In his book "How Schools Might Be Governed and Why" (Teacher's College Press, 1997), author argues that the…