Offers suggestions for using computers to institute an innovative, creative school schedule that allows for flexibility in the curriculum. (Author/WD)

Describes four different and exemplary preschools: Small World Center for Creativity (Boise, Idaho); the Creative Play Center (Worthington, Ohio); Westmoreland Cooperative Preschool (University of Oregon, Eugene); and Montessori Gardens School (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina). Also gives tips on running a preschool. (SJL)

The experience of two schools indicates that computer agencies may not yet have the capacity to adapt their systems to the changing needs of schools with sufficient rapidity, especially in the context of future staffing uncertainties generated by falling enrollments. (Author/IRT)

The discussion that transpired in Fremont, Nebraska, over one academic year depicted faculty's struggles and growth as they wrestled with their school's significant change to block scheduling. Conversations demonstrate a staff moving from block-implementation stresses in the first quarter to a focus on teaching and learning in the fourth quarter.…

Introduces a 4x1 block scheduling method that was developed as an alternative to 4x4 block scheduling. Schedules Fridays for summer school, test preparation, and enrichment and elective courses. Includes suggestions on how to alleviate drawbacks of the 4x1 block schedule. (YDS)

Documents Virginia's history of adoption and implementation of block scheduling, highlights common forms of block scheduling, and describes mistakes that caused schools to abandon block scheduling. Describes three key variables (time, teachers, and students) in the use of block scheduling to improve student achievement. (PKP)

Argues that school districts may need to use a different time frame to accommodate the varied time requirements of the more flexible outcome-based education. Discusses three "alternate" scheduling methods currently in use and how they affect the teaching of journalism. (SR)

Reports many colleges and universities are extending the hours during which they provide technical support for distance education, offering late-night, weekend, or around- the-clock services, and notes use of private companies to provide such services to multiple institutions. Problems include large fluctuations in number of calls and e-mail…

This issue presents the schedule and other information for participants of the American Dental Education Association's 78th Annual Session and Exposition. The issue presents information such as conference features, exposition details, services, plenary session speakers, the daily program, vendors, meetings and workshops, and registration and hotel…

Lists activities parents can build into their schedules to strengthen their families and help their students succeed, noting the three keys to scheduling during the school year (clarity, discipline, and flexibility). Activities involve: getting ready time, teaching time, friend time, playtime, reading time, down time, adventure time, practice…

Describes a year-long, high school reading and writing literacy course developed by the National Center on Education and the Economy, designed to be delivered in a 90-minute, double-block period 5 days a week. Identifies several things principals can do to successfully implement the course. (PKP)

In this article, the author shares her experiences with teaching room-to-room or "from a cart". Depending on the building's structure, she often carried percussion instruments up and down stairs, pushed full-size pianos in and out of rooms, and transferred student books from one classroom to the next, doing what she thought was her job.Teaching…

As an efficient means for practicing interpersonal skills, triads are used in many management courses. Skill development requires practice by undergoing not just one, but a series of exercises. The learning value of the series is contingent on the variety of exercises, and this is provided by variations in the exercise scenarios and by scheduling…

Using a low-inference observational instrument, the authors empirically described and compared pedagogical behaviors in bilingual and structured English-immersion programs serving Spanish-speaking English language learners in a large urban school district in Southeast Texas. The two programs included both intervention/control of each type during…

Beginning in August 2006, the author modified a school law course by moving from fifteen (15) weekly class meetings to eight (8) weekly class meetings and seven (7) online sessions. The blended or hybrid delivery system was adopted as part of a pilot project sponsored by the university's Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence. The course…