The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Practice Guide, "Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades" addresses the challenge of providing effective literacy instruction for English learners in the elementary grades. The Guide offers five specific recommendations for district…

The present study devised a computerized assignment-by-preference algorithm for a ninth-grade exploratory curriculum. The problem addressed was one of maximally mapping all students into 8 of 12 vocational programs in terms of their preferences for studying each of the programs and the assignment restrictions established by the school. To minimize…

In 1995 the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC), Richmond (Virginia) commissioned a study of alternative high school scheduling modules to determine the effects of different schedules on teaching strategies, teacher and student satisfaction, and student and school performance. This report presents results of an analysis of student…

The ability of the school administrator to schedule teachers' and students' time so that each receives the most from each school day has become an essential skill. This book has been prepared for school administrators at the elementary and middle school levels who need appropriate management techniques for scheduling students into classes. Chapter…

Guidelines for planning and organizing a workshop are set forth based on the authors' experience in giving a one-day workshop for Kansas hospital librarians. (Author)

Malaria, the greatest pandemia in the world, claims an estimated one million lives each year in Africa alone. While it may still be said that for the most part malaria is found in what is known as the world's poverty belt, cases are now frequently diagnosed in western countries. Due to resistant strains of malaria which have developed because of…

An international seminar was held to identify the scope for improving the way in which the school day, school week, and school year are organized; to consider the advantages and disadvantages of different patterns of organization; and to examine the implications for buildings and more widely, for change. The participants, from 16 Organisation for…

Discusses timing of caseload assignment when field work of child welfare graduate students is interrupted by extensive vacations. (Author/CS)

A technique for routing school buses does not require a computer and saves miles, gas, and dollars. (Author/MLF)

REGULATIONS, SCHEDULES, AND SUGGESTED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR SECONDAY LEVEL SUMMER SCHOOLS ARE INCLUDED IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE HANDBOOK. SPECIFIC ENTRIES DEAL WITH SUCH TOPICS AS PURPOSES OF THE SUMMER SCHOOLS, REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL OF A SCHOOL, REGIONAL COOPERATION, CONSERVATION OF TALENT PROGRAMS, VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS AND CREDIT…

CURRENT USES OF FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM WERE STUDIED (1) BY AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN FIVE TRADITIONALLY SCHEDULED SCHOOLS AND FIVE FLEXIBLY SCHEDULED SCHOOLS AND (2) BY A REVIEW OF THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY BY A CONFERENCE OF SPECIALISTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION, FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING,…

With relatively few exceptions, most recent needs assessment questionnaires have dealt solely with either (1) identifying the level of interest that prospective participants have for attending an inservice program centered about a particular topic, or (2) identifying which among a number of topics generates the most enthusiasm. That is, most needs…

To provide a guide for implementation of flexible modular scheduling for industrial education, this study examined the industrial education departments of schools utilizing the scheduling and determined the administrative and instructional procedures employed by them. The following conclusions and recommendations were based on 64 (83.1 percent)…

Three flexible scheduling plans were tried in order that firefighters could take regular college courses despite their 24 hours on the 24 off work schedule. Plan one scheduled the firefighters into a regular Monday-Wednesday-Friday class which they attended every other week, making up missed material outside of class. Plan two scheduled special…