This report presents results from a study of the Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS). CSSS is a professional association for state science leaders that works to sustain and nurture a dynamic learning community and to empower its members to be effective and articulate advocates for quality science education at the local, state, and national…

This study reports on results of a survey of the Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS). CSSS is a professional organization composed of supervisors of science education in State Education Agencies. The organization works to sustain and nurture a dynamic learning community that empowers its members to be effective and articulate advocates for…

There is a timely movement afoot to secure the rightful place of social studies as a core part of curriculum at a time when it is increasingly compromised across the nation. The authors present a model that accepts the call to consider the enterprise of social studies research and broaden it to address the needs of the day. They offer a brief…

Environmental educators have long dealt with the charge that the practice of teaching about environmental issues is an attempt to introduce a liberal agenda into the classroom curriculum. However, traditionally Republican states and traditionally Democratic states are both among the nation's leaders and laggards in institutionalizing environmental…

Designed to accompany the Wisconsin State Curriculum for educable mentally retarded (EC 030 035), the handbook offers suggestions for implementation of the 12 Persisting Life Situations reflecting the general objectives of the state curriculum. Guidelines for preparing teaching units and resource guides, and for utilizing the Curriculum Accounting…

Seeking to describe the current conditions of U.S. arts education, this document contains information collected and compiled from state education agencies. In 1984, the National Executive Board of Music Educators National Conference (MENC) adopted three goals which stated that by 1990: (1) every student in grades K-12 would have access to music…

THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1958. THE PROGRAM IS OFFERED IN 32 OF THE STATE'S JUNIOR COLLEGES (80 NATIONALLY) AND ALMOST ONE-THIRD OF ALL CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS COME FROM THESE SCHOOLS. THE IDEA WHICH LED TO THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM WAS FIRST DEVELOPED BY MILDRED L. MONTAG IN HER…

This report is part of an effort to develop a statewide comprehensive plan for higher education in South Dakota. The report consists of a preface, summary, introduction and three major parts. Part 1 is the Research Committee Report and includes a summary of educational offerings at the state's 15 public and private colleges and universities. Part…

THIS REPORT ON EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR WISCONSIN SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES REVIEWS FOUR METHODS OF APPROACHING THE PROBLEM AND PRESENTS THE RATIONALE FOR CHOOSING THE NEEDS OR PROBLEM APPROACH. LOCAL SPECIAL EDUCATORS AS WELL AS COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STAFF WERE INVITED TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING THE CURRICULUM AROUND THE FOLLOWING…

This study found that syllabuses and instructional supplements issued by New York State lacked the amount and kind of information essential for optimal education of African American and other minority group students in inner city schools and have a "chilling effect" on teacher initiative and creativity. The following types of documents…

The first in a series of program documents from the Mississippi State Department of Education, this document describes, in an overview, the purpose of the reading improvement program: to provide primary grade teachers with support--assistant teachers--that strengthens instructional processes, especially in reading, on a daily basis. The document…

As an educational media, radio has a long and complex history in the United States, but its most extensive and important use in education took place during the School of the Air (SOA) movement. From approximately 1929 to 1975, commercial broadcast networks, state universities and departments or colleges of education, and local school boards…

This statewide revised Standard Course of Study, mandated by North Carolina's Elementary and Secondary School Reform Act of 1984, provides a detailed, integrated curriculum plan for all subjects at all grade levels. An initial section provides an introduction ("Notes") to the users of the "North Carolina Competency-Based…

Five major components of the Florida Vocational Instructional Materials Development System are (1) state division of vocational education, (2) instructional materials assessment survey, (3) Florida educators' information service, (4) decentralized instructional materials development, and (5) local educational agencies. Ten priority courses have…