The purview of the National VET (Vocational Education and Training) Equity Advisory Taskforce (NVEAT) encompasses a range of clients and issues across the full spectrum of the VET sector. NVEAT has undertaken a number of activities to gain a better understanding of the range of issues affecting all learners and particular disadvantaged groups of…

One of the greatest differences in resources across schools in California comes from an inequitable distribution of teachers. This study identifies reasons for this sorting of teachers by surveying 531 teachers in a California elementary school district. The surveys ask the teachers to make choices between various workplace characteristics. With…

Teacher preparation programs provide preservice teachers with evidence-based teaching strategies, skills of behavior management, and various field experiences. The greatest learning however, is acquired the very first year of instruction in the teacher's own classroom. Teaching students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders (EBD) may prove to…

This qualitative study compares and analyzes the social network experiences of two working-class Chinese students from immigrant families (Sally, Alex) to those of one working-class Latina student from an immigrant family (Elizabeth). Theory holds that these students would have difficulty obtaining educational resources and support (i.e., social…

This annotated bibliography of the current resources in cooperative learning is the result of a comprehensive search of the literature in the fields of education, psychology, sociology, linguistics, and business. It contains 926 citations of books, journal articles, periodicals, and non-print material pertaining to cooperative/collaborative…

This guide is published by the National Energy Information Center (NEIC), a service of the Energy Information Administration (EIA), with the goal of providing students, educators, and other information users a list of generally available free or low-cost energy-related educational materials. Each entry includes the address, telephone number, and…

This booklet contains information on K-12 resources for population education. Each of 91 entries contains standard bibliographic information, prices, International Standard Book Numbers, appropriate grade levels, and a short description of the product. Resource areas include: (1) books on population; (2) books on the environment; (3) books geared…

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data related to education. The second of a series of indices to NCES "Issue Briefs" and "Indicators of the Month" is presented here. "Issue Briefs" are short-format publications that present…

On May 7, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Universal Service Order outlining a plan to guarantee that all eligible schools, libraries, and rural health care providers have affordable connections to the Internet. By making $2.5 billion available annually, this program will provide discounts (commonly known as the E-rate)…

In this introduction, the author sets the tone for a series of articles which are intended to stimulate elementary teachers and school personnel to recognize the value of community resources and to undertake steps to make full utilization of such resources. (Author/JR)

Describes the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), shows how to use it, and provides a list of microfiche collection locations in Canada. (RB)

The article discusses a few of the consumer education resources (outside speakers, field trips, newspapers and other media, consumer organizations, credit bureaus, Federal and State agencies, and the Consumer Resource Directory) that are available to teachers in most communities and offers suggestions on how to effectively use them. (BP)

Waste in American education today includes improper allocation of resources in proportion to the need for them and the failure to use constructively and fully the out-of-school time of America's young people. (JA)

The National Gallery of Art is today "visiting" schools across the Nation - through programs available free from its Extension Service. (Editor)

Compiled for the beginner in the field of the history of reading, the list of resources presented in this paper may serve as a point of departure for someone interested in historical literature beyond Nila Banton Smith's "American Reading Instruction" and E.B. Huey's "Psychology and Pedagogy of Reading." Introductory information precedes the…