Improvement of K-12 teaching requires an integrated, collaborative effort between schools and faculty from arts and sciences and from education. Implementation strategies are discussed; including establishment of selected professional/clinical schools as sites for student teaching, and creation of interdisciplinary courses by a partnership of…

The United Negro College Fund faces questions about the quality of its institutions and questions from some of its own presidents about how well it represents their interests. The Fund now helps its members improve their management, get more federal aid, build their endowments, recruit students, and gain reaccreditation. (MLW)

An interdisciplinary science program Boston University has begun with the Chelsea public schools is the first part of a 10-year plan by the university to take over management of the city's schools and reform them, the first time a private university has administered a public school system. (MSE)

The National Institute for Literacy's Equipped for the Future initiative was undertaken to achieve customer-driven, standards-based reform of adult literacy and lifelong learning through a broad, national consensus-building process. The initiative's six stages are as follows: (1) build consensus on the knowledge and skills adults need to fulfill…

Compares the histories of educational and business management. Suggests that both groups must address accountability, productivity, and innovation. Describes four emphases of reform in California: (1) restructuring schools and services to meet needs, (2) keeping decision making local, (3) building a new workplace in education, and (4) paying now…

A panel of educators, business leaders, and government officials convened by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), recommends massive, state-by-state educational change by increasing the proportion of American college graduates, giving public institutions major responsibility for teacher education, and encouraging…

Examines the relationships between teachers and parents with respect to teaching, suggesting that classic and contemporary organizational theory can help predict key tensions and issues likely to emerge. Discusses bridging strategies used by schools to manage parent relations, and examines schools' use of buffering strategies to shield teachers…

A group of 37 college and university presidents recommended more cooperation between colleges and schools and improved training for teachers. The goal of the presidents meeting was to contemplate their role in the school-reform movement. Greater emphasis, it was suggested, must be placed on the value of teaching. (MLW)

At a nine-day UNESCO-sponsored conference in Geneva, educational and political leaders, most from developing nations, called for an international campaign to make higher education a more effective tool for economic and social progress, urging the expansion of basic and vocational education. (MSE)

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education developed draft standards for Professional Development Schools (PDSs). This article discusses the PDS concept and origins, examines why PDSs are important, and argues for standards as a means of supporting the PDS work and holding PDSs accountable for multiple results. The draft standards…

This report finds two fundamental problems threatening higher education's ability to help America succeed in challenging times: first, the lack of recognition by state and national leaders of higher education's value; and, second, the lack of recognition by colleges and universities of their need to change. The report presents recommendations to…

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards will be making decisions this academic year that could have a significant impact on state education policies and teacher-education programs. Some developments could include more collaboration between colleges and schools, testing of prospective teachers, scrutiny of education-school curricula,…

Vocational education and training (VET) systems and their institutions should be highly directed toward innovation, but the position of VET in existing educational systems does not automatically enhance innovation. Within the existing educational systems, innovation in VET has to overcome a number of problems; the literature also indicates factors…

Institutions of further education and schools have traditionally been viewed as competitors. With the rising unemployment of the late 1970s, however, the further education system in the United Kingdom began reexamining its role in preparing young people for working life. The result was a process-based approach incorporating the elements of…

This document provides an overview and analysis of how a series of national conferences held in the fall of 2003 framed conversations around high schools and high-school-age youth This analysis explores the underlying assumptions of these frameworks and the extent to which they coalesced or diverged. The report also examines the content of the…