This article analyses the new educational mandate for Latin America, exploring its repercussions on the design and development of certain educational policies. In particular, it concentrates both on the anti-poverty educational agenda (at a global level) and on targeted educational policies (at a regional, national and local level), analyzing, on…

Yes We Can: Improving Urban Schools through Innovative Educational Reform is a empirically-based book on urban education reform to not only proclaim that hope is alive for urban schools, but to also produce a body of literature that examines current practices and then offer practical implications for all involved in this arduous task. This book is…

This report presents the deliberations of the Northwest Regional Advisory Committee (NW RAC), one of 10 RACs established under the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 to assess the educational needs of the region. The Northwest RAC accepted its charge to identify educational needs and to make recommendations, working collaboratively as…

The importance of the bond between secondary and higher education forensics programs cannot be overstated. For many high school students, involving themselves in debate and individual events can result in a partial or full college scholarship. Of equal importance is the benefit of participation in an extracurricular activity that enhances writing…

This video, produced and shot in Maine libraries, provides a tour of five different approaches to library services for babies. Highlights include: "Finger Fun for Babies" at the Portland Public Library; "Small Is Beautiful" at the Wells Library; unique outreach activities sponsored by the Casco Library and Warren Library in…

This paper proposes use of marketing methods to improve college health services and enhance their perceived value. Ten key marketing principles are defined: (1) value of the service as seen by the target population; (2) exchange clients perceive benefits received as exceeding perceived costs; (3) competition offering a better product than the…

The Public Telecommunications Act of 1988 requires the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to report annually on the provision of service to minority and diverse audiences by public broadcasting and public telecommunications entities. This report includes the third triennial assessment and the seventh annual report on services. The assessment is…

When community members volunteer for young people, they forge pathways of knowledge and compassion, and gain a better understanding of the mission and challenges of the schools. Youth service-learning programs that give high school and middle school students the chance to work with younger students or on community projects also leave lasting…

In 1992, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) launched a 3-year project titled Natural Resources for Equity in Science: Connecting Museums and Community Groups, also known as Project MOSAIC (Museums Offering Science Assistance in the Community). This manual and accompanying video, designed by Project MOSAIC, covers…

A program to develop volunteer literacy programs in Cochise County (Arizona) is reported. The Department of Education grant, administered by the county library system, primarily provided for volunteer coordinator salaries and purchase of computer software for job skills centers. Coordinators were hired for six towns. The report outlines the…

A study addressed the general issue of whether or not a touring college drama production would somehow stimulate greater interest, on the part of elementary teachers and students, in the use of drama as a classroom learning medium. Specifically addressed were whether (1) educational gains would be realized; (2) data would show measurable gains in…

Investigates the effects of the telemedicine medium on doctor-patient relationships. (MH)

ABE urban extension presents one approach to the solution of the educational problems of the urban disadvantaged. Five potential problem areas are identified, realizing that even if they are resolved by intervention strategy, success depends upon appreciation of ABE participants as "legitimate" students with accompanying rights, duties, and…

An outreach program for Dartmouth Medical School has been developed which utilizes rural communities in the education and training of medical students and residents in primary care. (Editor)

This document describes efforts to educate inner city adults in Liverpool, England, since 1969. The prologue describes two approaches (the university settlement approach and the community development approach) historically used to provide education to inner-city adults. It also reports the feeling in Britain by 1969 that a nation of Britain's…