When curriculum content, instruction, and local and state assessments are aligned, they become powerful forces that contribute to student achievement. This framework presents a content and a process for developing curriculum that enables schools to realize Michigan's vision for K-12 education. The framework, which includes the resources needed to…

Native American youth have a rich cultural heritage and traditions, but they also face such challenges as cultural alienation, geographic isolation, and unemployment. Schools must integrate these strengths and problems to provide an education that prepares Native American youth for success in careers and in life. School-to-work provides an…

This revised, updated, and expanded edition defines more than 8000 idiomatic words and phrases of American English. Each alphabetical entry has a grammatical explanation and an example sentence. The dictionary, which includes a preface in nine different languages, is a tool to help increase fluency in English for students, business travelers, and…

Many teachers accept science literacy as an important goal for K-12 education; however, those without a strong background in science, mathematics, and technology may be unsure of how to teach important ideas from these fields to their students. As part of its comprehensive effort to reform K-12 education, Project 2061 of the American Association…

This book breaks new ground in that its purpose is to "mainstream" teaching about the environment in higher education. Despite the holistic nature of the content, the book is structured-with two exceptions-around disciplinary chapters. The opening chapter, "Reinventing Higher Education," and the final chapter, "Reinventing the Classroom: Connected…

A learning circle is an informal, co-operative way of learning that is based on natural patterns of human interaction. Learning circles use learning materials to catalyze discussion. This book was designed under the assumption that these materials will most often be television programs with supporting print material. The first section, "What…

It is important to understand the ways in which zoos can serve as a resource in the development of classroom teachers, parents, and community organization staff members as environmental educators. This project consists of three distinct, but related investigations of zoo use by different groups of educators. The project methodology included…

This annotated bibliography presents resources that will enable parents to fulfill their responsibility for developing their children's abilities to do mathematics, while at the same time encouraging more positive attitudes towards mathematics. The resources are divided into three categories: (1) activities initiated in the home, (2) activities…

This report summarizes the activities of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) during fiscal year (FY) 1990, and includes lists of recipients of fellowships and grants, and programs supported by the Endowment. The report opens with a brief chronology of major events in the endowment's history under the heading, Twenty-fifth…

The Iowa Curriculum Assistance System at the University of Iowa collects and disseminates curriculum materials and information and offers inservice workshops to vocational educators. A third-party evaluation of the system was made through a 3-day site visit by three experts who interviewed personnel from the system, administrators and faculty from…

This directory contains 250 annotated entries for resources available to teachers and all those interested in international development issues. The annotations are organized into four categories: (1) instructional packages explicitly designed for teaching about development; (2) resources that can be used by development educators to develop their…

This sourcebook provides educators with a comprehensive desktop reference to everything they need to identify and acquire funding for school technology programs. It documents hundreds of technology funding sources--federal, state, and local government agencies, corporate foundations, private endowments, and charitable organizations--all concisely…

This digest documents the experiences of faculty, administrators, and staff at several colleges as they addressed a broad range of instructional technology issues. Included in the digest are several approaches suggested by instructors and staff affiliated with various community college technology programs. Plans for implementation, development,…

As the University of Arizona implemented its curriculum reform initiative, faculty became much more planful about their teaching, but also much more demanding of credible advice about instruction. Faculty make sometimes paradoxical demands in these circumstances: demands for tools that make it easy to do new things, and demands that these tools be…

This document consists of the four issues of a newsletter published during 1998. Typical articles explore topics in literacy education, media, and technology: "Not a Myth but a New Reality: What IALS [International Adult Literacy Survey]-like Tests Measure" (John Comings); "Who Will Train the Teachers?" (Winston Emery);…