There are some school leaders who believe that the military offers just one more option for students to consider. Others, however, think that military recruiters are too aggressive and that the privacy of students should be better protected. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) gives the armed services unprecedented access to potential recruits at…

This article describes how students in an American history class learned about the Civil War through soldiers' letters. Letters from the Civil War era come in a variety of styles and syntax. Some are easy to read while others are extremely difficult to transcribe. But every one of them speaks to the reader, revealing an unknown entity from another…

The author shares how his technology education students at Tecumseh Middle School help his former student from a Purdue class, Ryan Smith, who was called to active military duty. Ryan was teaching technology education at Lafayette Jefferson High School when he was called by the military in the fall of 2004 to report to active duty. Before…

Once, Baghdad University was one of the most prominent institutions of higher education among all the Arab countries, perhaps second only to Cairo University. In all Iraq, built up about thirteen universities, fifty-five specialized colleges, and more than a hundred scientific centers. Each academic year, more than 250,000 students attended these…

Most current social and cultural theory asserts that any form of social reality is not natural, adhering to an internal logic, but that it is constructed by human beings or what is termed human agency. The tools and motivations for any given construction of reality vary based on prevailing conditions or circumstance. Depending on a person's method…

The Department of Defense's system of overseas elementary and secondary schools, called Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS), established to provide educational services to dependents of department personnel, is described by the school's' director. DoDDS includes 273 schools in 20 countries serving almost 140,000 students. The document…

A broad overview of the military allied health educational system and specific information on individual courses are presented. A listing of the military allied health educational programs accredited by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation and a job description for each of the 24 accredited occupational areas are included. A…

Operation MEDIHC's (Military Experience Directed into Health Careers) final report is presented which firmly establishes the need for its purpose, which is providing a meaningful career continuation for medical personnel who were trained while serving in the military service. It is reported that the New Jersey MEDIHC Program experienced a…

As part of the United States Navy's efforts to enlarge its pool of personnel who are qualified for service and who will seek long-term careers in the Navy, the research branch of the Chief of Naval Education and Training contracted Research for Better Schools (RBS), Inc., to examine two areas related to personnel development: basic skills…

The Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET) Automated Budget System II (CABS II) is an improved and expanded version of an earlier system which was developed by the Training Analysis and Evaluation Group (TAEG) to provide an efficient, easy means of handling the large volume of data necessary to produce budget documents. Intended as a guide…

A technical writing course required as part of an external degree program (EDP) offered to military personnel provides a profile of successful use of the noncampus classroom as a teaching environment. An understanding of the interests and attitudes of military students is essential, with pragmatism and idealism as the instructor's survival skills.…

Highlights activities of the National Task Force on Defense Preparedness and Vocational and Adult Education and the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, designed to promote collaboration between the defense establishment and vocational and adult education programs for skilled technician training for the military and defense industrial base.…

Describes the Chicago City-Wide College's programs for American military personnel stationed abroad. Looks at administration, costs, courses, and other educational opportunities for service members. (DMM)

The digest is a summary of the information presented in the monograph, "Students on the Move: Reaching and Teaching Highly Mobile Children and Youth". It describes the different reasons for high mobility and the characteristics of highly mobile families, explains the specific educational and social support needs of highly mobile…

This report examines the effectiveness of Troops to Teachers (TTT), which helped former military personnel become certified and employed teachers in school districts with low income populations experiencing teacher shortages. Information came from the TTT's database and from 1998 study, Profile of TTT, by the National Center for Education…