As online classrooms become more common, schools and school districts should consider how use of them might impact school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness planning and how online classrooms may be affected by various hazards and threats. This fact sheet provides emergency management planning considerations for online…

The Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS) has created a list of resources on the role of mental health professionals in school safety efforts. The list includes the following categories: (1) Before an Emergency; (2) During an Emergency; (3) After an Emergency; and (4) Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)…

The American Rescue Plan Act has made funds available to states and districts to speed up recovery from the effects of COVID-19, including addressing learning loss. The Wallace Foundation has distilled evidence from its work that may be helpful in informing choices about how to spend those funds, as well as how to implement key strategies. Summer…

We know from science that how we think, learn, communicate, concentrate, problem-solve, and relate to others when we get to school and later in our lives depends in large part on the experiences we have and the skills we develop during the earliest days, months, and years. For this reason, ZERO TO THREE strongly urges states to emphasize the…

Social studies instruction benefits from collaboration between classroom teachers and library media specialists who together can identify the best trade books to meet the goals of the social studies curriculum. Many lists of effective collaboration strategies have been published, but there are few descriptive examples of successful…

Eleven citations from the ERIC data base are offered concerning the cooperation among schools, colleges, and departments of education in the delivery of in-service education to practicing teachers. (JMF)

ERIC citations are listed dealing with cooperative arrangements made by teacher education institutions. These collaborative efforts include arrangements with business and local school districts. (DF)

This document is a collection of six abstracts representing a summary of the activities of a three-year project supported by the Education Professions Development Act. Addresses are included for copies of specific full reports. Satellite projects were implemented, based in Chicago, Indiana, Louisville (Ky.), Ohio, Urbana (Ill.), and the Midwest…

This bibliography is intended to be a survey of interagency collaborative literature, with a focus on programs for children (especially children with emotional disabilities) and their families. The bibliography is divided into chapters covering the following areas: (1) writings describing actual collaborative efforts by agencies, on both the local…

This annotated bibliography was compiled by Project NEXUS as a resource for local community groups or agencies wishing to improve services to disabled or chronically ill children, from birth to 3 years of age, and to their families. The bibliography lists English-language books, journal articles, guides, and manuals that provide either background…

"The State of the Art" is a bibliographical essay current to 1975 consisting of 300 items relating to home-school-community relations. This literature was examined in order to (1) provide a conceptual framework for home-school-community relations, (2) develop a classification scheme for existing theory and practice, and (3) suggest further…

This review of 17 projects funded during fiscal year 1974 under part C of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 for the priority "Manpower Information and Systems" (MIS) begins with an examination of the priority statement under section 131 (a) of part C and a classification of projects by the five categories in this statement. (The five…

Developed as a source of reference for educators in adult cooperative education, this selected annotated bibliography provides a review of literature and research concerning cooperative agreements (characteristics) between adult educational institutions and business, industry, and labor. The content is in three sections. The first and shortest…

Each summary of "what works" includes a statement of research findings, comments, and references. Topics addressed are the role of the teacher librarian, principal, and program coordinator; secondary school programs and facilities; impact on student achievement; continuing education; resources for students; dissemination of information;…

Comments on the research finding that, inasmuch as schools are complex organizations, powerfully resistant to change, effective staff development requires focused school effort. The role of school climate and the principal, the relation of theory and application, and the need for evaluation are mentioned. (Contains eight references.) (KRN)