Cooperative Extension is a complex organization with a mission to deliver research from the Land-Grant University to all U.S. communities. This qualitative Grounded Theory study investigated State Extension administrators' perspectives on the environmental factor changes facing the organization and their responses to inform the direction for…

Because of discrepancies among U.S. states regarding how they assess school-based agricultural education (SBAE) teacher performance and program quality, little knowledge has existed regarding how these differences might influence critical decisions regarding hiring, pay, promotion, and dismissal. In response, the purpose of our study was to…

In this qualitative study, researchers used critical race theory to examine the experiences of social studies standards committee members in 18 states and the District of Columbia. They found that while many participants articulated goals of increasing the teaching of race and racism in their state's social studies standards, at least in part,…

The International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA [formerly ITEA]) has tracked the status of technology (and engineering) education in four previous studies (Newberry 2001; Meade & Dugger 2004; Dugger 2007; and Moye, Dugger, & Starkweather 2012). The purpose of this continuing study has been to determine the health…

Technology and engineering education continues to evolve as it becomes more apparent that students need this information to become more successful in college and careers. The International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA ) has tracked the status of technology education in the United States in three separate studies over the…

Twelve women have led MENC: The National Association for Music Education, including current president Lynn Brinckmeyer--six of them in the first fifty years of MENC's history. Frances Elliott Clark, known as the "Mother of the Conference," oversaw the founding of the Music Supervisors' National Conference (MSNC) in 1907 at a gathering in Keokuk,…

Charles Philip Cullen, director of primary education in Queensland, Australia, is the subject of a one-page tribute, which cites the various honors bestowed upon him. (TE)

Discusses a study undertaken to determine the viewpoints of national leaders of industrial arts with administrative duties at the state level toward industrial arts programs. Includes objectives of industrial arts, a definition, major issues and problems, and suggestions for improvement. (JOW)

Provides insights into the activities of the state school media supervisor and the personal qualities demanded by the position. (Author)

This study sought to determine the format and feature preferences of readers of an agricultural education newsletter. Results showed the newsletter was well-read and easy to read; that a 4-6 page monthly format was desirable; and that it was an effective communications medium. (SK)

Describes the career and influence of Jessie McLenaghen, the first provincial director of home economics for the Department of Education, British Columbia. Reviews home economics as an integral part of the progressive education movement. (JOW)

The role of state consultants in gifted education is discussed in terms of their contributions to parents, administrators, and teachers. Names and addresses of 58 consultants are listed. (CL)

Survey of 43 state supervisors and 110 teacher educators in agriculture in the 12-state North Central region received 116 responses. Supervisors identified determining the need for adult agriculture programs and competencies of adult agriculture instructors as the most important research needs. Teacher educators selected adult program evaluation…

A study was conducted to describe the current role of local agriculture supervisors in Ohio as perceived by vocational agriculture teachers and local and state agricultural education supervisors; and to describe the expected role of local agriculture supervisors in Ohio as perceived by the same groups. (CT)

A survey by Illinois Plan for Home Economics Education of 51 state supervisors of vocational home economics found that 40 have recently revised the secondary home economics curriculum; only 10 had research underway in support of home economics; most favored family and/or family-work issues in the curriculum; and 40 considered their home economics…