Standards address both Agricultural Literacy and Agricultural Education. Content and performance standards are identified for grades 4, 8, and 12. Organized into six strands: Global Agricultural Systems, Technology / Information, Leadership, Agriscience / Production, Ecology / Environment, Business Management and Marketing. Also lists performance standards for middle and high school agriculture students. Cross-referenced to standards for English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.

This guide to Wisconsin's academic standards for environmental education describes the process and development of state environmental standards. Designed for administrators, school board members, and teachers, the guide explains the purpose and goals of creating standards and contains a brief history of environmental education in Wisconsin. The standards are divided into five sections: (1) Questioning and Analysis; (2) Knowledge of Environmental Processes and Systems; (3) Environmental Issue Investigation Skills; (4) Decision and Action Skills; and (5) Personal and Civic Responsibility. Each section is then subdivided into content standards and performance standards for Grades 4, 8, and 12. Emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary approaches to environmental education, using environmental education as a theme throughout the K-12 curriculum; developing critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, and communication skills; and encouraging responsible citizenry and community skills. A glossary of terms is included. (SJR)

First Published in 2000. This is Volume 75, Number 3 of the Peabody Journal of Education and focuses on collaboration across campus, town and with K-12 schools. The issue provides descriptions of a range of ways in which universities and schools and colleges of education can provide leadership for collaborative ventures involving the wider community. The collaborative undertakings include working with community agencies, other schools or colleges within or external to the institution, P-12 schools, and business groups. The rationale for the theme is that in today's world the problems we are facing are so complex that solutions can no longer be generated and successfully implemented in a vacuum. Cross-disciplinary and cross-sector collaboration is required to have the desired impact. This necessitates collaboration.