Addressing the problems of rural housing site selection and development in North Carolina, this guide is designed for cooperative and coordinated use by: technical assistance personnel employed by the Farmers Home Administration; local lending institutions; Health Departments; the Agricultural Extension Service; the Soil Conservation Service; and…

In an attempt to develop a set of recommendations for resident outdoor education sites for Oregon, this guide reviews relevant literature, surveys and analyzes existing sites, and presents recommendations. The literature survey focuses on site size and ownership; distance from schools; season of use; capacity; natural attributes; living…

This guide is for teachers (K-12) interested in developing and using outdoor education areas. Student participation is presented as the key to a successful program. A discussion of what can be done by outdoor education programs is presented. The guide suggests sites to be chosen in terms of accessability, size, attractiveness, safety, drinking…

Designed to assist those persons responsible for planning and decision-making concerning community junior colleges, this guide discusses the steps that should be taken in order to prepare for new buildings and/or campuses. It is divided into six major headings--(1) an introduction to planning, (2) the study and interpretation of educational needs,…

The community school concept is the basis for this design for education in the Litchfield Park area of Arizona. In this concept, the entire community is a laboratory for learning; the community school is a place where living and learning converge. Based upon this concept, goals of education and the characteristics of schools and programs to…

This guide sets forth requirements common to all good school construction which must be met and recommends additional procedures which can lead to a still better facility. It covers the construction of new buildings, of additions to or remodeling of existing structures, and the acquisition of buildings occupied or to be occupied by pupils.…

This workbook, summarizing the major points relating to the particular type of educational building design for primary schools in humid tropical Asia, is basically a check list and a source of reference intended to remind the architect, engineer, or technician of the main points to be considered in the design of primary schools, and to give…

The purpose of the demonstration project was to promote school-parent communications and to reduce the social distance between the school and the family, by involving both parents and teachers in the common task of educating the children. This report presents a description and findings based upon data collected during the first eight weeks the…

A progress report reviews the Milwaukee School Board's continuous program of acquiring sites and building schools. An itemized listing of 140 completed construction projects is supplemented with pertinent facts and figures, including--(1) growth factors affecting school building needs, (2) resultant increases in the physical plant, staff and…

Areas covered by this guide are--(1) ten steps for preparing a building program, from the determination of needs to the purchasing of insurance, (2) recommendations for elementary school sites and criteria for site selection, and (3) facility recommendations, which deal with classroom size and special facilities. (RH)

Future school sites are projected for Saginaw, Michigan, through 1980. The projections are based on the following factors--(1) number of students presently enrolled, (2) how students will be grouped within residential areas, and (3) how students will be grouped within schools. Total population trends, school census data, and public school…

During the past two decades, mathematical programing techniques have been widely utilized in the private sector for optimization studies in locating industrial plants, scheduling commodity flows, determining product mix, etc. However, their use in the public sector has been less extensive, partly because of the absence of a clear-cut profit motive…

The problems and advantages of locating industry in a rural setting were discussed in this conference report. The 10 individual speeches covered: changes in employment and the labor force; problems and advantages of rural locations, rural labor, and site selection; the importance of involving the Black community; the nature of the food processing…

This booklet was produced by the Project to help day care centers make the best use of their outdoor play space for children. It gives the playground planner many helpful ideas and guidelines about equipment, arrangement, surfaces, long-range planning, play activity, community involvement, and the adult's role on the playground. Each of the States…

Volume I of the First Annual Report of the National Day Care Study (NDCS) funded by the Office of Child Development presents an overview of the NDCS study, the background of federal involvement in day care, the day care policy issues being addressed, an overview of the study design and phases, uses and limits of study findings, and the results of…