Improve instruction and integrate business skill techniques with basic business concepts by involving both teachers and students in complimentary and simultaneous business courses. (CH)

Time management strategies for speech-language pathologists are outlined for three major areas of concern: using time, organizing work area, and managing paperwork. The use of such methods is cited as a help in coping with federal, state, and local regulations while continuing to provide quality therapeutic services. (Author/CL)

Presents factors to aid in deciding whether a school should remain open or closed before planning a school renovation project. (WD)

The desirability of using computer scheduling to allocate students into the activities (lectures, tutorials, practical classes) for courses requested and the possibility of integrating the scheduling into the enrollment process is explored. Although computer scheduling is now widely used in American universities, at Australian universities the…

The Activities Person (AP) may have many different titles, but the responsibility for management of the school's activity program is the primary duty. The responsibilities of this role are identified. (Author/MLF)

A quantitative model is described for the optimal assignment of students to courses for their complete high school careers. Model-generated student schedules are found to be unfailing in their conformity to all the constraints of the test high school's curriculum. (Author/IRT)

Noncredit content can be readily made available if one short period in the school day is reserved for the program. (For availability, see EA 507 405.) (Author)

Focuses on changes in instructional approaches in the schools following the adoption of block scheduling that may influence student learning. Examines a number of student outcomes, including student grades, honor roll and failure rates, the numbers of students successfully completing Advanced Placement courses, and achievement test scores from the…

Compares the final-exam scores in honors physics at a South Florida high school during 3 consecutive 4-year periods from 1991-2002. Finds that class mean exam scores decreased when the school switched from 7-period day to 4 by 4 block (4 92-minute periods per day), but increased when the block schedule was enhanced with web-assisted instruction.…

A study of Illinois public schools (N=342) found that a minimal amount of time was devoted to formal sex education. Formal sex education instruction was given as part of a health education class or unit, was not comprehensive, and followed no consistent pattern. (JD)

Sweetwater High School's adoption of a year-round schedule was not related to overcrowding, but was designed to serve the needs of Chula Vista (California) schools' highly transient, bilingual population. Despite some problems with scheduling meetings and student teacher visits, the program seemed to deliver instruction effectively. (MLH)

Determines the effects of various graduate course schedules on inservice teachers' attitudes and on the number of strategies/ideas teachers implemented into classroom instruction. Finds no significant difference among groups that met on a 3-week schedule, a 1-week schedule, or a 15-week schedule. (MG)