May/August 2002 | NW REPORT

Flashback

1—Legislative Update.

In an all-staff meeting at the Laboratory, CEO Dr. Carol F. Thomas provided an update of developing legislation to reauthorize the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement, the primary funding agency for the 10 regional educational laboratories.

2, 3—Northwest Educational Technology Consortium.

The NETC advisory committee—teachers, administrators, state departments of education representatives, and educational technology experts from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington—met at the Laboratory to discuss new developments in educational technology and regional needs.

Focus Group, Distance Learning

Photos: 2—NETC Program Director Seymour Hanfling (center) meets in a break-out session with Mike Cullum (left), network administrator for the Tigard-Tualatin School District and board member of Oregon Educational Technology Consortium; David McDonald, educational telecommunications specialist with Washington's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (right);
and others.

3—Kirk deFord, NETC associate, leads a focus group on distance learning.

Safe Schools Meeting With Japan's Ministry of Education

4—Safe Schools.

Takayuki Nakamura (center), of Japan's Ministry of Education, and other educational facilities experts from Japan visited with Safe Schools Program Director Rex Hagans (left foreground) and staff members to learn about safe-school measures in the United States.

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