Describes a program of out-of-school computer classes intended for testing out various approaches to teaching children about computers. Program began with teacher training in LOGO computer language, followed by team-taught extracurricular computer electives. Program is self-supporting and rapidly expanding. (TE)

The purpose of the practicum described here was the development of a model for an alternative night high school. The plan called for a curriculum aimed at student interest and graduation requirements, a profile procedure for identifying potential candidates, and the operation of a prototype evening program during the summer of 1975 to test the…

This report focuses on the ninth year in which the Centre for Language and Communication Studies (CLCS) at the University of Dublin Trinity College offered foreign language modules to students who were not studying a foreign language as part of their degree program. The modules are designed to develop students' communication skills for purposes of…

Reviews the history of night schools that provide secondary equivalency programs in the Soviet Union and Russia. Asserts that now is the appropriate time to make changes in the objectives and curriculum of these programs. Recommends that the curriculum be more differentiated so that a wider range of students can be served and broader educational…

There are more than 60 million U. S. adults who lack a high school diploma. Their employability is decreasing, due to the upswing in white collar occupations. Also, they are often barred from the skilled and unskilled labor market; on-the-job training is increasingly academic; General Educational Development (GED) examinations are rigorous and the…

Financial and program information are presented in this five-part annual report summarizing the instructional and administrative activities of Cuesta College and the San Luis Obispo Community College District during l979-80. Part I examines the status of eight areas under the supervision of the Office of Educational Services: curriculum…

Describes the award-winning technology endeavors and parent involvement programs developed in the Mine Hill School District (New Jersey). Topics include the multiyear plan, community and board of education support, funding, measuring student learning outcomes, and evening computer education programs for parents and children. (LRW)

This is the fifth of eight volumes consisting of series of publications of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), such as Notes and Essays, Research Reports, Occasional Papers, and Conference Reports. These materials provide both theory and practice in the area of non-credit adult liberal education offered by colleges…

So extensive and so complex has the modern city school system become that it is impossible in a short chapter to discuss more than a few of the educational movements in the cities of the country, and these only briefly. In addition to day elementary and secondary schools, the activities of city school systems include night schools, continuation…