Outlines a method of establishing a university/public school partnership that proves beneficial for both institutions. Describes four essential components for effective collaboration. Argues that such collaboration fosters excellence in education. (HB)

Describes a Texas program in which elementary and secondary school teachers switch positions with university professors. (FL)

Advocates the collaboration of colleges and high schools in charting out and incorporating skills and curricular objectives central to both institutions. Provides a historical perspective. Presents data from surveys of teachers and students concerning which areas and skills should be improved among students. (HB)

Presents an imagined exchange between the head of the teacher education department and a professor of educational pedagogy wherein the professor is advised to spend time in the "actual school setting," and the results of this visit are reflected in the professor's course syllabus for the spring semester. (NH)

Outlines the benefits of writing center-writing across the curriculum programs in high schools. Notes the value of inservice workshops and collaboration. (SR)

Reports on one school-university partnership that used S. Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" as a framework for initiating and sustaining teacher-education reform in an elementary school. Discusses how the collaboration overcame a difficult start involving distrust of the university. Shows how the project illuminates three…

Offers suggestions for improving the relationship between teacher training institutes and the schools in which they place student teachers. (FL)

Describes the successes and difficulties of a university-high school learning and writing program in which students engaged in real-time electronic conferences, conducted e-mail exchanges, and took part in several other forms of collaborative learning that demanded a great deal of writing on topics related to course readings and lectures. (SR)

Argues that building partnerships between public schools and universities, such as the one between Tulane University and Live Oak Middle School in New Orleans, must become a priority. Outlines how a middle school can develop a mentorship program with a nearby university. (HB)

Describes a collaborative learning community called the Professional Development School Network in Social Studies and Global Education, in which university professors and social studies teachers from six school districts worked together to create a professional-development program and a certification program for teachers. Reflects on several…

Describes a cooperatively developed student teacher orientation program in the Morristown, Tennessee schools. This model is not a finished product in the form of a packaged orientation, but a process model providing for different types of school-student teacher-university communication and feedback to evolve the orientation system. (Author/SJL)

Details the formation of the Eastern Washington University Department of Education Research and Editorial Group, the procedures it employs, and the rationale for its application to research, writing, editing, and publication tasks. (FL)

Proposes that high school teachers and college and university librarians work together to help students make the transition between high school and higher education or work. Describes a program now in operation in Moorhead, Minnesota. (FL)

Reports on high schools' efforts to break the academic failure cycle and prevent drop-outs. Describes and reports the outcomes of the peer tutoring/mentoring pilot program developed as part of a major collaborative effort between the City University of New York and the New York City Board of Education. (JK)

Outlines a collaboration for school improvement between Cape Girardeau Public Schools and Southeast Missouri State University. Asserts that the development of closer working relationships among universities, colleges, and local schools can promote a supportive environment for all and expand each faculty's experience, knowledge, and skill in…