Describes a 20-day rotating program for maintaining school carpets properly put into operation in Racine, Wisconsin. (Author/DN)

Gives instructions on minimizing damage to schools whose heating systems must be turned off. (Author)

This second article in a series on energy conservation sets up an overall attack on energy waste in the school environment. The campaign begins with proper operation and maintenance procedures. (See EA 005 433 and EA 504 535 for related information.) (Author)

Stresses the importance of a good maintenance program, with up-to-date policies and personnel, and argues that the guiding principle of a good maintenance program is scheduling. (Author)

Discusses the most commonly used types of products found in schools: entrance mats, anti-fatigue mats, carpet covers, and duckboard. Also gives tips on proper mat care. (Author)

Describes how a full-scale preventive maintenance program was scheduled, incorporated into a manual, and put into motion by a control card system in Niles Township High School District. (Author)

Investigates linguistic and sociolinguistic issues concerning the Greek Cypriot community living in the United Kingdom. Questionnaires were completed by Cypriot students attending Greek classes in London, eliciting information about their family and ethnic background, language abilities, domains of use for each language, reasons for studying…

Explores the development and maintenance of first language literacy in a working class Salvadoran community in Los Angeles. Results indicate that this community continues to value literacy in Spanish, to engage in literacy events, and to regularly seek out printed material in Spanish. Literacy in Spanish was strongly tied to questions of cultural…

The present study investigated acquisition and extinction of free-operant responding when rats' lever presses produced sucrose pellets after resetting delays of 10 or 20 s. Presses on a second lever cancelled any scheduled food deliveries. Although previous research using 60-s delays failed to demonstrate maintenance of responding across repeated…

EPA's Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign (SC3) is working to encourage schools to use green cleaning practices to safely clean their classrooms and grounds. From elementary school maintenance closets to high school chemistry labs, schools use a variety of chemicals. Some of the most essential chemicals are those that keep schools clean and safe…

When "From the Deep Woods to Civilization" appeared in 1916, the Dakota writer and activist Charles Alexander Eastman (also known by his Dakota name, Ohiyesa) told of a rather unusual journey across northern Minnesota and Ontario, Canada. The purpose of the venture, which took place during the summer of 1910, was to "purchase rare…

No other category of library materials has grown more quickly in the last several decades than audiovisual (AV), nor has any other category undergone so many changes in format. The transitions from vinyl records to 8-tracks to audiocassettes to CDs and from film reel to 3/4" U-Matic to VHS to DVD have impacted library services tremendously. The…

This article qualitatively and quantitatively investigates the Quechua language attitudes and maintenance practices of the members of two non-profit, non-governmental agencies in Cuzco, Peru. Within their respective agency/community contexts, the members of both groups claim to have significantly more positive attitudes toward Quechua and exhibit…

This article features university architect Ron McCoy and describes his work at the Arizona State University (ASU). McCoy, now on his fifth year of overseeing construction on all four Arizona State campuses, came to ASU 14 years ago as a professor and director of the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. He was thinking seriously about…

This study adopted an interpretive/qualitative methodology to explore the issues and challenges of developing and maintaining Persian/Farsi as a heritage language in homes and neighborhoods for second-generation Iranian-American youth living in a major US metropolitan area with a sizable concentration of Iranian immigrants. The purpose of the…