In December 2014, the Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren (CFDS) was formed to make sweeping educational reform recommendations regarding the provision and governance of public education in Detroit. Spearheaded by community organizations, labor unions, and business interests representing an array of stakeholders in the Detroit area,…

This paper examines the relationship between outdoor recreation and environmental education. Observations of resident environmental education centers in Minnesota and of recreational programs on U.S. Forest Service lands found that, to the extent that planned and unplanned outcomes can be equated, the two types of programs seemed to produce the…

Outlined are curriculum issues concerning the development of a master's degree program in Environmental Education at Griffith University during 1990. This paper examines how fundamental considerations, purposes, objectives, course organization schema, and proposed teaching methods have evolved to meet the challenges of professional development…

This paper details the development and implementation of a feedback system designed to provide information to various strata of decision makers. Data were collected in each of eight city districts in the following areas of reading achievement: mastery of upper and lower case letters, mastery of phonic skills, level of sight vocabulary and…

Discussed is the design and development of a physical education curriculum, incorporating principles discussed in the "Basic Stuff" physical education series. Four tasks are suggested for planning the curriculum: (1) develop a unit for activity instruction, where the concepts inherent in the sport or activity skills may be identified; (2) develop…

The Indigenous Language Institute (ILI) collaborates with indigenous language communities to combat language decline. ILI facilitates community-based language programs, increases public awareness of language endangerment, and disseminates information on language preservation and successful language revitalization programs. In response to numerous…

This conference was the first major professional event since the politics of "perestroika" and "glasnost" began to have an impact on relationships between librarians in the U.S.S.R. and the remainder of the world community. A substantial English language source on professional education in the U.S.S.R., this is a collection of…

Developers of educational innovations often devote too little time and effort to planning an effective strategy for diffusing their innovation among practicing educators. Particularly important is the task of selecting an appropriate target group for initial introduction of the innovation. A variety of specific diffusion methods may be effective,…

The key to preparing today's teachers to carry out their professional responsibilities is not necessarily found in high-priced technologies, but rather in a new level of cooperation between universities and public schools and in new ways to deliver coursework. Indiana University offers inservice teacher education coursework through interactive…

Although three types of foreign language program exist in elementary schools (immersion, partial immersion, and core courses), there is no conclusive evidence as to what length of instruction time results in greater student achievement. A logical approach to foreign language teaching at the elementary level is one that integrates foreign language…

A discussion of FLES (foreign language in the elementary school, including introductory, exploratory, or immersion) looks at the challenges that need to be identified and met for successful planning and implementation. The role and importance of FLES in the 1990s is briefly reviewed, FLES program types are outlined, and FLES is examined in greater…

Two equally important and parallel developments have been working together: first, the emergence of a substantial and well-defined national role in career education and second, the explosive expansion of the system of career education. Career education first should provide meaningful, practical, open-ended career education in communities and…

Purdue University's School of Pharmacy has developed goals for its professional degree program that emphasize problem-solving and lifelong learning skills leading to the advancement of pharmaceutical practice. The next step is to link learning strategies across courses. (MSE)

To implement the K-12 portion of the Career Education Incentive Act, an outline of some general strategies on which operational strategies can be based is needed. There are six strategies which will help us deliver the most effective career education program in the five-year time frame provided by this law. The following points summarize these…

The "Marshmallow Principle" introduced in this paper is stated as follows: "External pressure exerted on an organization to change its basic structure will, for as long as that pressure is applied, cause the organization's structure to bend and assume a new shape. Once the pressure is removed, the organization will reassume its original shape.…