Where we are headed—and why: A step-by-step guide to strategic planning in center-based child care

Having a vision for the future is an essential, yet elusive, part of day care management. For busy administrators, planning for the years ahead is often a low priority due to the day-to-day emergencies which take precedent. However, this can be accomplished in an effective manner through the process of strategic planning. Unlike long-term planning, completed by a few administrators in isolation and based on current trends, strategic planning allows all those involved in the child care center—board members, director, staff, volunteers, and parents—to participate in the process of constructing a future for the child care center based on current realities as well as their hopes and dreams. Once it is written, a guide is established which provides direction for future activities for the center. This article offers a step-by-step guide to the development of a strategic plan.     

The impact of school finance reform on indicators of expenditure inequality

Many indicators of per-pupil expenditure inequality vary in response to changes in enrollment patterns as well as in expenditure patterns. Enrollment-compensated indicators of inequality should be used in making prereform, postreform estimates of the impact of school finance reforms. However, neither enrollment-compensated nor uncompensated indicators reveal any short-run impact in a case study of the 1975 New Jersey reform. Despite this lack of change registered by the static indicators, a substantial proportion of districts are found to be mobile, in the sense of moving at least two expenditure deciles over the study period. Enrollment changes are the only identified cause for such mobility.     

The Drug Resistance Strategies Project as Translational Research

This paper tells the story of the multi-layered translational process of the Drug Resistance Strategies Project. The Drug Resistance Strategies Project provides an exemplar of translational scholarship, translating adolescent narratives about their substance use experiences into an efficacious, substance abuse prevention middle school curriculum. The curriculum, called keepin' it REAL, was developed using the principle of cultural grounding and translational performances and has been found to reduce adolescent substance use. The authors tell the story of this project from its inception to its current role as a model substance abuse prevention program.     

Students' perceptions of an innovative university laboratory program

This paper presents some of the findings of a naturalistic study of a first year university biology laboratory. We report on the affective outcomes for a field trip and a practical exercise that incorporated innovations aimed at increasing the scientific realism and students' responsibility in the learning process. Concern with assessment procedures and a perceived lack of teaching support dominated outcomes for students. Feelings of confusion, lack of satisfaction and hostility were evoked. Recognition of the need to foster greater student input into the learning process is commended, but this paper raises issues about the strategies utilised. Specializations: conceputual understanding in biology students, laboratory work. Specializations: curriculum and assessment in science, teacher Education, metacognition.     

商标持续使用制度的理解与适用

随着康王、GNC等案件判决的公布,商标持续使用制度在商标实务界与理论界逐渐引起更多的关注。从制度设计的角度而言,适用注册在先原则的国家大多要求商标注册之后只有持续使用才能维持该商标注册。这一规定的目的是为了保证已登记商标都是在经济生活中实际发挥效力的商标,以避免商标资源因为商标闲置而被浪费。但是,