Describes the training and operation of the "Write Team," a class of high school junior and senior writing coaches who help students with first- or second-draft writing before a teacher evaluates it. (RS)

The most obvious reason for publishing an alumni directory is to encourage alumni involvement--both with each other and the institution. Concerns in deciding between low-cost and no-cost directory production are highlighted as are steps in producing a directory on campus. (MLW)

The New England College of Optometry's two separate but integrated clinical postgraduate programs, one providing Veterans' Administration residencies and the other, college-based fellowships, are described. The shared curriculum components, exchange process, and evaluation system are highlighted. (MSE)

Reviews the practice of holding exit interviews with graduating psychology students at Loyola University (Louisiana). Discusses the benefits and limitations of exit interviews, stating that they provide unique data unavailable from other sources. (GEA)

Discusses the Medical Foster Parent Program of the Children's Home and Aid Society of Illinois and La Rabida Children's Hospital and Research Center in Chicago. The program provides foster care for seriously ill children who are wards of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services who would benefit from staying outside of a hospital.…

Discusses literacy in Norway, including Norway's focus on special needs, its first major literacy study conducted in 1991 and its results, and Norway's two writing systems. (SR)

Virginia's Upper Shenandoah Valley, with its Bible-Belt values and flourishing churches, illustrates the challenges of religious-instruction release time for educators. Local schools accommodate Weekday Religious Education, a weekly, privately funded program popular in southern states. Using "public access" tables, permission slips, and…

Discusses why a visiting authors' program is important. Offers suggestions on how to organize a visiting authors' program. Notes also the political realities of such programs. (SR)

To improve its reading program, a Pennsylvania district involved its teachers in retaining consultants who would work collaboratively with them. This model has been used in each of four elementary schools for the past seven years. The district allocates $1,800 per school for consultants, instructional materials, and substitutes who release…

Describes the reading program at Lafayette Township Elementary School in Sussex County, New Jersey, one of several designated by the International Reading Association as exemplary. (SR)

Describes the reading program at Pope Elementary School on Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina, one of several school reading programs recognized by the International Reading Association as exemplary. (SR)

Describes a problem-based learning strategy which helps train principals for an increasingly demanding job. Conceptualizes problem-based learning; provides a rationale for this strategy; and uses a real example from a course in problem-based learning taught at the University of Georgia. (RS)

Discusses national teacher certification efforts by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). Notes responses from governors, school districts, and in educational journals, and mentions three booklets available from NBPTS headquarters. (SR)

Describes the School of Interpersonal Communication at Ohio University and its recent successful effort to include a focus on international education by establishing a new PhD joint program with Bangkok University. (SR)

Explains that despite recent objections to standardized testing, a repeated call for national standards continues, which, in turn, has given rise to the (apparently fictional) Humane Assessment Coalition (HAC). Uses subtle satire to outline the HAC's theoretical posture and presents a hands-on case study that demonstrates the organization's…