How Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, Illinois, has been providing increased vocational opportunities for its students through mediated instruction. (HB)

Sets forth the many factors involved in deciding whether to purchase, lease, or contract for transportation scheduling services. Describes how one school district solved the problem. (Author/MLF)

A color code system has been found effective in scheduling primary level educable mentally retarded children to use learning centers. (SBH)

The compressed work week, flexitime, and job sharing are discussed from the labor perspective. The author suggests that it is unlikely that unions will endorse flexible work arrangements that jeopardize the eight-hour-day concept. (LBH)

Describes a rotating schedule for day care teachers that reduces the number of working days, thus avoiding the built-up stress that appears to result from working too many days a year with young children. (SB)

Now that regular elementary classroom teachers must plan their lessons around special "pull-out" programs, their responsibilities are compounded and their control over instructional time considerably diminished. This article discusses the benefits of parallel block scheduling as a possible solution. Includes seven endnotes. (MLH)

When discussing discipline, educators must separate trivial-but-annoying discipline problems from serious or criminal behavior and define vague terminology. The school's informal and formal curricula, instructional styles, and scheduling must also be examined to determine when the school itself is at fault. Carbondale (Illinois) Elementary…

Discusses the problems afflicting school music programs which contain too many performances and after-school rehearsals. Provides recommendations for determining the number and nature of school music performances based on excerpts taken from GUIDELINES FOR PERFORMANCES OF SCHOOL MUSIC GROUPS, a 1986 publication of the Music Educators National…

A survey of Saturday students was conducted at the University of Wisconsin Center in Waukesha County to generate information useful in institutional planning and scheduling. Results of the survey revealed that participants were older, employed full time, and female. (Author/MLW)

Suggests ways for English teachers to use their time more efficiently that include finding a quiet place at school to work, working after school, using a grade-scanner, sharing materials with other teachers, and making lists of tasks arranged in order of importance. (EL)

Gives suggestions for learning how to cope with the time pressures and potential time wasters found on every job. Topics considered include initiating a time plan; time-saving actions and hints; and biggest time wasters. A "Time Survival Checklist" for young engineers provides specific time management techniques. (DH)

Looks at several elements to consider in the establishment of the computer lab and offers guidelines for creating a microcomputer facility to meet specific needs. Elements to consider include hardware and software issues, space requirements, and time and scheduling. (CT)

"A,""B," and "C" students scored higher when the final psychology exam was given early in the examination period. Fatigue which accumulates over the course of finals week and increasing anticipation of vacation festivities may contribute to the observed results. (RM)

Describes an algorithm used at the University of Ottawa to create examination schedules that are not only conflict free and minimize number of consecutive examinations for individual students, but provide for the scheduling of certain proper subsets of examinations into proper time slots and minimal overall number of consecutive examinations. (MBR)

Data were collected on six elementary teachers in an investigation of the relationship between three teacher variables (judgments on content emphases; attitudes toward reading, language arts, math, science, and social studies; and sense of competence in teaching these areas) and time allocated for specific content. Additionally examined reciprocal…