The National Writing Project designed the Professional Writing Retreats to support writing by teacher-leaders for audiences of scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and other members of the public who have an interest in education. These writing retreats focus on writing about the profession of teaching, giving teachers a chance to write about…

Offers advice to sufferers of "textbookitis:" (1) writing textbooks are not necessary for high school classes; (2) the best language textbook is a dictionary--money not spent on a writing textbook could be spent on sets of dictionaries; and (3) literature anthologies can be useful additions to the writing classroom. (RL)

The papers contained in this volume were presented at a conference which focused on the problems faced by black women. The papers address socioeconomic, educational, occupational, and health issues, as well as stressing the special counseling needs of this population. It should be noted that each of these papers is individually cited and…

The manual for the secondary and postsecondary component of the Business and Office Career Education Curriculum Project consists of four parts. Part 1 contains a concept paper on business and office occupations that describes some of the changes occurring in business and industry and points out some curriculum implications deriving from these…

This resource anthology consists of reprinted articles and documents dealing with the Chinese American experience. It is intended for use in secondary school classrooms and is divided into three sections: history, community, and stereotypes. The history of the Chinese in the U.S. is detailed in works describing immigration policies and labor laws,…

The main purpose of this anthology is to provide a sampling of insights related to racially and culturally different experiences, with an emphasis on the Asian American experience. The anthology focuses on the experiences of minority children as portrayed by both children and adults. Impressions written by five Asian American children in Grades 7…

These eight papers on guidelines and standards for learning resources programs at the college and university level address such topics as technological communications services, instructional development, diffusion/adoption, production, telecommunication, utilization, facilities, and budgeting for learning resources programs. Many charts supplement…

The module is one of a series of eight developed to provide inservice training for administrators of career education programs. An opportunity is presented to the administrator to examine career education, its implications for educational change, and the various administrative functions affecting its implementation. Suggestions for the formulation…

The guide, developed as part of an exemplary program for junior high school students, is a ninth grade English unit designed to use contemporary literary materials which deal with occupational situations and attitudes of both employers and employees. The emphasis is on the relationship between on-the-job and leisure time activities. Three pages of…