Biographies are one of our best tools for diversifying the curriculum. In this article, we describe The Biography Clearinghouse, a free resource designed to inspire teachers to use high-quality biographies in their classrooms. We then elaborate on curricular possibilities in K-8 classrooms. We end with a discussion of the Investigate, Explore, and…

The Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education is a consortium of two- and four-year colleges that coordinates development of course designs used by 37 public and private institutions. Programs emphasize collaborative teaching, thematically grouped courses, and writing across the curriculum and have been well received.…

This document outlines the collection development policies for the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC). It details the clientele the collection is intended to serve, the scope and boundary of the collection, the methods employed to identify and acquire resources for the collection, the selection and…

Considers five significant roles of the information professional in the information society--information resources management, information counseling, research utilization, social networking, and public information dissemination. The emergence of these roles and current education and training are reviewed with a view to providing observations…

Cooperation among institutions, ways of facilitating exchanges of specialists and experience, and the joint development of learning resources were examined in a meeting of leaders from 31 regional training institutions from all world regions. Part of UNESCO's long-term concern with the training of media professionals, the meeting opened with a…

A clearinghouse and curriculum project at Memphis State University is described in this report. Aimed to facilitate the integration of women of color and Southern women into the college curriculum, this program was designed to increase access to the new scholarship on these groups; to work with faculty to develop a new vision of the curriculum;…

Outlines the structures, technologies, participants, and benefits of the proposed project, "Iowa Distance Education Alliance: Partnerships for Interactive Learning through Telecommunications," which received a U.S. Department of Education Star Schools Program grant in October 1992. Project goals, timetables, and activities are listed.…

Describes the development of the National History Education Network (NHEN). Suggests that the network will serve as a clearinghouse for information and an advocacy center. Discusses network goals for collaborative efforts involving primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, and museums and other cultural institutions. Includes…

Reports on a forum sponsored by the California State Department of Education in cooperation with the California School Boards Association and the Far West Laboratory for Education Research and Development, which was held to identify the most critical needs for educational technology in the state and to discuss possible strategies for meeting these…

The final report of a state-funded project to improve instruction in critical foreign languages in the southeast quadrant of Missouri gives a detailed description of the project and its results. The project included establishment of a foreign language information clearinghouse to (1) collect demographic data about the breadth and depth of foreign…

The National Research Center for Career and Technical Education and the National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education were established at the University of Minnesota and The Ohio State University, respectively, in 1999. The centers operate as a consortium with primary and associate partners. Through the centers, the partners…