Theme articles discuss environment, food, agriculture, and renewal resources as they relate to science education, learning partnerships, collaboration in Kyrghyzstan, leadership development, opportunities for collaboration, networking, and the creation of a shared course between agribusiness and biology. (JOW)

Offers 2 perspectives of Danforth School Administrators Fellowship Program. Discusses collaborative effort to improve secondary schools' faculty performance, collegiality, and cooperation. Describes program, involving 10 Iowa district teams meeting monthly for 1 year. Facilitator and member describe respective perceptions, training, roles, and…

Describes how nine Ohio secondary vocational schools and community colleges formed a marketing consortium to create a long-range plan for promoting their services. Offers information on how to form a consortium. (JOW)

Describes a project which used email to link the author's English classroom with classrooms in three other states so that students could discuss Zora Neale Hurston's novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God." Discusses email as a distinct genre of writing with rules, characteristics, and even an aesthetic of its own. Offers a student-generated list…

Twelve industrial arts (IA) teachers and supervisors were interviewed to obtain information on the significant changes that have occurred in the goals of IA. The issues were the present status of the IA curriculum in Ohio, the contribution IA makes to vocational education, the relationships between IA and vocational education, and provision for…

This study was undertaken to assess the capability of leaders in higher education and government agencies to cope with enrollment, financial and planning problems they will have to face in the next 10 years. Specifically, a study was made to determine the feasibility of establishing a national planning congress which would develop coherent,…

The project director reports on the AACJC/AVA national joint study of articulation practices at twenty-two sites randomly selected from a list of 140 recommended locations. Visitation teams conducted interviews to document the extent of articulation among institutions offering vocational and technical education at the secondary and postsecondary…

Concern over communication between schools and colleges spurred three organizations to sponsor a national conference to examine school/college relationships. (MD)

This paper discusses an intensive professional development program designed by a science education specialist in conjunction with university science research professors demonstrating quality science teaching practices for secondary teachers in a contextual setting. The intensive professional development model was designed using research based,…

The April 2001 Dombay (Russia) Seminar was organized within the framework of the Joint Programme of Cooperation between the European Commission and the Council of Europe, together with the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Karachevo-Cherkessaya to improve democratic stability in the…

The nature of cooperation between mathematics and science departments at the secondary school level is based on a survey of this issue. There was no situation found where there was a formal, continuing integration thoughout a school, but evidence of several types of cooperation was detailed. (MP)

Being a principal means having ultimate responsibility for making an effective team out of all teachers and staff members. Gives suggestions for encouraging cooperation through inservice projects and public relations efforts. (JOW)

Reviews current secondary school reform efforts and their impact on students with disabilities. Examines the compatibility of activities within general and special education and highlights the efforts of one school, which has undertaken substantial reform that encompasses concerns about quality education for all students. (Author/CR)

Includes "Professional Propagation" (Camp); "Managing Human Resources with Local Program Success (LPS)" (Daley); "Profit Sharing with LPS" (Moses); "Partners for Success" (Mecey- Smith); "Achieving LPS by Collaborating with Partners, Allies and Volunteers" (Oglesby); LPS...Just What Agricultural…

Reports the establishment of links between Northern Ireland school science departments and other European schools through a special project. Survey results reveal that the benefits to teachers and students gained from these links extend beyond the science curriculum. (DDR)