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Mehlinger, Howard D. – 1987
The creation of a National Commission for the Social Studies offers an extraordinary opportunity to reconsider the mission of social studies education and move in new directions. Defining what the social studies field should be will help to answer the question of what should be taught. Questions of what children can learn in the elementary school…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Parilla, Robert E. – 1989
For millions of students, two-year college education represents the last real opportunity to develop an interest in science, mathematics, or engineering and to develop the prerequisite skills for a career in these fields. Yet, two-year college students represent a largely untapped pool of scientific personnel. Two-year college science and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development, Scholarship
Cooper, Bruce S.; Hummel-Rossi, Barbara – 1986
Because of a serious teacher shortage nationwide, it has become common to find many teachers teaching "out of license"--teaching courses in which they have had few or no college courses. In an attempt to address this problem, New York City has embarked on an innovative program to relicense teachers in mathematics and science to fill the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, City Government, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education