The international "FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL): Challenge" is a popular educational robotics and STEM competition designed to promote primary and early high school students' STEM interests and careers, and twenty-first century skill development. The "FLL Challenge" currently involves over 318,000 students (aged 9-16 years) in…

This book focuses on the International Examinations Inquiry (IEI), an international, well-funded scientific project that operated in the 1930s, attracting key world figures in educational research, and which undertook significant exchanges of data. Originally involving the USA, Scotland, England, France, Germany and Switzerland, the IEI grew to…

The sequence of events leading to the U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad and the participation of this country in the International Mathematical Olympiad are discussed as well as Mathematical Olympiads in other countries. (MP)

Describes the 1980 conference of 2400 high school theater students and teachers at Ball State University, sponsored by the International Thespian Society biennially. Five-day schedule included a dozen full-length shows, 60 one-acts, more than 150 workshops covering everything from dialect acting to exotic stage effects. (PD)

Outlines the sequence of events that led to the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO), which took place on May 9, 1972, and U.S. participation in the International Mathematical Olympiad. Includes a table showing the rankings of totals of team scores of participating countries in the IMO, 1959-1985. (JN)

Dreams of a new global education system are discussed. A program which would provide groups of students with extended live-in experience in a foreign society is proposed. (RM)

A 2004 Distance Education Survey form was sent to all 73 DETC-accredited institutions. For the purpose of this survey, the DETC membership was divided into three categories: (1) High School; (2) Postsecondary; and (3) Degree Granting. Data from the three DETC military institutions are not included in this survey. Of the remaining 70…

Describes three seminars and a school program designed to promote international understanding in Nepalese students. Focus was on promoting collaboration among nations of the world and maintenance of peace and security. (CK)

Describes the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program, a prestigious and rigorous international program for students in the last two years of secondary education, which earns students a diploma recognized for university admission throughout the world. (SR)

This issue, number 42 in the series, is divided into the sections of: (1) British science activities, and (2) overseas and international science activities. Presented in a newsletter format, numerous topics of interest to secondary school science and mathematics educators pertaining to British education are presented. Reports on the engineering…

This book, one in the series on Aerospace Education III, is a collection of the diverse information available regarding the international space programs. The five goals listed for the book are: to examine the Soviet space program, to understand the future of Soviet space activity, to examine other national and international space programs, to…

The events surrounding the olympiad are discussed, test results are given, and the problems on the test are listed. (MP)

This document describes the development of theme-based projects within a European co-operative environmental education framework at the secondary school level. The participation of 15 students from 9 different European countries in one such project is described. Students are involved with the publication of articles based on firsthand observations…

This issue, number 41 in the series, is divided into the sections of: (1) British science activities, and (2) overseas and international activities. Presented in a newsletter format, numerous topics of interest to secondary school science and mathematics educators pertaining to British education are presented. Items concerning the Nuffield-Chelsea…

German studies have expanded in the last 25 years in Australia. In 1974 the Goethe Institute conducted developmental conferences for German teachers, in cooperation with Australian universities and school authorities. Twelve universities have fully developed Germanistic Institutes. The Australian government has subsidized increasing numbers of…