December 2003, Vol. 2, Issue 11
WGU PROPELLING FORWARD WITH TEACHERS COLLEGE
Back in 1996, when a group of 19 Governors from the Western
United States region announced the foundation of Western
Governor’s University (WGU) - a virtual university unlike
any other in the world - many educators believed that the
Governors’ plans had little chance of surviving.
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IN BRIEF: HOW WGU BUILT A COMPETENCY-BASED SYSTEM OF
EDUCATION FOR TEACHERS
According to Dean of WGU’s Teachers College Marti Garlett,
the manner in which WGU built its competency-based system
for teacher education began with a search for a database
that could detail all of the accepted teacher standards that
existed throughout the United States. However, the search
was never achieved, because such a thorough database did not
exist. So the next logical step was for WGU to create its
own.
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TERC/LESLEY UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION BRING NEW LEVEL OF
SCIENCE EDUCATION TO K-8 SCIENCE TEACHERS & THEIR STUDENTS
TERC is a 38-year-old non-profit education research and
development organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Among TERC’s notable accomplishments in curriculum
development, teacher professional development, and
technology applications, the organization is a strong
proponent of inquiry-based science learning.
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LEAGUE'S PROJECT SAIL PROGRESSIVE INITIATIVE FOR EXPANDING
AVAILABILITY OF SPECIALTY DISTANCE PROGRAMS
Project Specialty Asynchronous Industry Learning (SAIL) is a
League for Innovation in the Community College project that
is setting out to promote access, exchange, and
dissemination of specialized industry-driven programs
offered at a distance
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