Discusses organizational problems in Italian state-run nursery schools. The causes of extreme variations in pupil-teacher ratios and problems concerning teacher scheduling, lunchroom management, and student transportation are examined. (AM)

Describes the team teaching program at Randolph Intermediate School, in Randolph, New Jersey. The program has been functioning successfully for the last six years. (Author/SJL)

Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers which relate to office management are summarized, including: calendars, commencement procedures, publications, records, registration, reports, scheduling, staffing, testing, transcripts, and certificates. Names and institutions of…

An experienced teacher presents guidelines for starting Sustained Silent Reading in a classroom, including explaining the program to the students and dealing with those who forget their books, disrupt the class, or fidget. A list of teacher background readings is included. (SJL)

Describes a program in which student teachers are involved in a modular on-campus setting, in addition to their experiences in classrooms. Flexibility within the faculty of education allows for change between semesters, as well as from year to year. (JD)

Describes a self-pacing procedure for helping students of diverse backgrounds handle the materials of a composition course in English as a second language. Sample instructional materials are appended. (JB)

Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers that relate to computer operations, registrations, records, and schedules are summarized. The names and addresses of conference participants are included. (SF)

A learning-management program, the Self-Schedule System, significantly affected children's perception of self-responsibility for their school learning as well as their rate of task completion. (RC)

The experiences of three family medicine residency programs in developing and implementing half- to full-day teaching sessions are described. Each program has multiple training locations, including rural sites, and releases residents from clinical duties for sessions on behavior issues, procedures, training, and other topics. Program success…

Models for college and university Interinstitutional data sharing are redefined by examining the organization and activities of existing data-sharing groups across 11 dimensions: data-sharing purpose; nature of data-sharing structures; definer of process; calendar; scope of surveys; participant characteristics; source of data-sharing initiative;…

Draws on data from 1988 National Education Longitudinal Study to estimate the impact of block-scheduled mathematics course on 10th-grade student achievement and teachers' use of class time. Findings suggest that while block scheduling is positively associated with teachers' use of multiple instructional methods and more individualized instruction,…

The team-block program, in keeping with current junior high/middle school research, represents a varied and flexible organizational and instructional approach. An Illinois middle school developed a student-centered program design that offers certain grouping, scheduling, and teacher planning benefits and accommodates remedial, gifted, and…

Describes a trial use of electronic mail to interview academic teachers on how they plan subject courses. Advantages of electronic interviewing, such as cost and convenience, and issues, including complying with network etiquette, are discussed. A copy of part of the electronic interview used in the trial is appended. (Contains two references.)…

Summarizes results of a survey of campus child-care centers conducted in the fall of 1995. Information is presented in the following categories: type of college-university, center size, scheduling offered, program types, eligibility, age range served, weekly fees, center accreditation, educational attainment of staff, staff average annual income,…

A study conducted in private industry (n=383) found that while flexible work arrangements and child care arrangements were not related to employee absences due to child care difficulties, employee demographic attributes, particularly age and gender, were. Both demographic factors and needs-reward match did account for some variation in job…