Reports on a study of the $123 million Science Facilities Program of the Australian government to improve science facilities in secondary schools. (SL)

Describes a comprehensive high school that is a total educational community and recreational center designed and built around the planners' belief that the educational facilities of today and tomorrow must be flexible enough to meet the requirements of a variety of uses. (Author)

Completion of the gymnasium-auditorium of Anatolia College in Thessaloniki is a testimony to the friendship between the peoples of Greece and the United States. (MJB)

Describes the first impressions of a high school teacher on her first day of teaching conversational English at a secondary school in Budapest, Hungary. Notes the great variation in students' English language skills. (RS)

A carefully designed circuit of various exercise stations is one of the most efficient and effective systems of conditioning available to school physical education staff. (LH)

Industrial arts education is designed specifically to help prepare individuals for meeting the requirements of a technological culture. It is an integral part of education from kindergarten through higher education which provides representative experiences in industrial skills and processes. This planned program requires special facilities which…

Educational specifications for the Cherokee School and Community Learning Center in Cherokee, North Carolina constitute the content of this publication as reviewed, evaluated, and revised by the Cherokee Task Force, the Tribal Education Committee, representatives of North Carolina's State Department of Public Instruction, the Bureau of Indian…

The primary purpose of this monograph is to describe how to develop and implement a career resource center, from conception to evaluation. Six brief vignettes are presented which focus on bringing career education into different types of schools. The purpose, goals, and functions of the career resource center are identified and related to the…

The architectural renovation project at Albuquerque Indian School not only reclaimed dilapidated buildings but involved students and community in planning their learning environment and taught students practical career skills, such as plumbing, landscape and interior design, and woodworking. This article is part of a theme issue on multicultural…

Describes a former Air Force base converted into a joint school district vocational school which includes among other things an up-to-date facility for the students, located at Laurel Oaks, one of the four campuses of the Great Oaks Joint Vocational School District. (HF)

The development of a four-year vocational program in ornamental horticulture at a Baton Rouge high school is described by one of the program's two teachers. From 250 to 300 students participate each year, receiving basic training and experiences enabling them to secure jobs and to improve their home surroundings. (AJ)

This article presents typical high school counseling problems--lack of space, insufficient materials, and lack of access to existing materials. It then describes how one school solved these problems by creating a modern counseling center. Details for setting up such a center are provided, including location and design, materials (self-awareness,…

Topeka West High School has approximately 1,500 students divided into four houses of 375 students. An effort is made to randomly distribute the incoming sophomores equally among the four houses. Each house has an assistant principal, a counselor, and a staff of 8 to 10 teachers representing the instructional areas of English, social studies, and…

This program description of Project ORDER outlines the design of the reorganization of the B. C. Elmore Middle School in the North Forest Independent School District, Houston, Texas. The school is located in a low economic, predominantly black neighborhood. Prior to Project ORDER, the school experienced a fairly high incidence of disorderly…

A high school French program conducted entirely in French on local ski slopes is based on the philosophy that language is a social tool for communicative purposes and can best be learned in social interaction. The successful program uses teamwork, an open attitude toward language learning, non-stressful evaluation, and innovative techniques. (MSE)