Describing an alternative approach to the delivery of educational services aimed at social work practitioners in rural areas, this article details a Montana educational delivery system that incorporated isolated field experience with opportunities for student interaction and extensive written and phone communication between the educational staff…

Advantages and disadvantages of the Certificate of Secondary Education Mode 3, an attempt to move away from an examination-oriented syllabus, are discussed. (MN)

Concludes that students who had previously experienced failure in traditional school settings and had poor attitudes toward school could make significant academic achievement in an alternative school program and could develop more positive feelings about school. (Author/RL)

Accounts, in part, for the successful implementation of an alternative "school-without-walls" and provides clues to what program administrators can do to make it more likely that new programs will get fair trials in the schools. (Author/IRT)

A description of a teacher designed classroom research project which focused on individual and group responses to open and closed teaching techniques. The article encourages teachers to develop and use classroom research to enhance their teaching skills. (BD)

The article defines and explores the problems concerning use of public lands by organized groups and makes recommendations for increasing the likelihood of continued use in the future. (NQ)

The philosophy and activities of the American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) are discussed. A number of individuals were interviewed on social, political, religious, and educational concerns of American Indians today, and their ideas are presented. Some Indian alternative schools are described. (GC)

Teacher educators should not limit their attention to a single variety of teaching but should devote some time to the study of extra-school teaching in order to gain perspective on their major area of interest. (JD)

A method for avoding budgetary problems due to declining student-to-faculty ratios is proposed in which arrangements are made for more interdisciplinary work. Titles of special-status professors in these programs would reflect both a department and subject affiliation, and their mobility would change ratios within departments. (LBH)

In Bernal School, lessons are done in English one day, in Spanish the next: all subjects, from mathematics to music to spelling, are taught in the language of the day. Most of the students come from Spanish-speaking backgrounds. However, both English and Spanish flow freely on the playground and in and between classroom sessions. (Author/NQ)

Reviews current efforts in the movement for providing parents and students school selection choices. Benefits resulting from school choice include: dropout reduction, increased achievement, more parental involvement, racial integration, and improved morale. Outlines the features of a desirable choice plan and the prospects for development of…

To test an experiential learning program's effects on adolescents' knowledge and attitudes about local government, high school students serving as interns to local government officials were compared to students not yet participating in this program. Results showed that interns gained significantly in knowledge and political competence, but not in…

The usefulness of the value-added model in assessing community college effectiveness, especially for nontraditional students and programs, is examined. A case study in which community college students beginning with low academic qualifications transferred into a university shows that they performed well compared to students starting at the…

Describes the Enterprise High (Michigan) program for school dropouts. Supported by the United States Department of Labor, the program centers on teaching students how to earn a living and how to manage life. Includes an outline of the school's basics and references. (MD)

Abandoning the case method, traditional grades, and the law review, the City University of New York's experimental law school uses an integrated curriculum and focuses on public interest law in its mission to serve the legally underserved in the United States. (MSE)