This year's 276 Blue Ribbon schools, including 220 public and 56 private schools, are in 45 states and the District of Columbia, with a Department of Defense school in Honshu, Japan. About 70% are headed by women principals. In 89 schools, students from low-income families comprise at least a quarter of the enrollment. Schools are listed by state.…

The University of New Orleans plan for cultural diversity received recognition for its "exemplary" accomplishments in "making diversity work on an urban campus" from the American Association of University Administrators. Offers five reasons for diversity programs, lists the conditions existing in 1989, and the actions that have…

Conflicting policies, careless recordkeeping, and racial tension added up in turmoil for the Newton County (Georgia) Board of Education when an African-American student and a white student each claimed the honor of being class valedictorian. (MLF)

Describes the eight libraries that are winners of the 1993 American Institute of Architects/American Library Association Library Buildings Awards and describes institutions' needs and building design. Facilities represented include university and public libraries, building expansions, historical renovations, a temporary structure, and a…

Presents award-winning examples of new school construction designs for a school computer-technology building, an urban elementary school, an early-education center, a fine-arts center, a college lecture hall, a high school freshmen center, a prototype pre-school and kindergarten building, and a school science center. The architectural firms,…

Reviews awards given for multicultural children's literature and discusses the importance of such awards, which serve a guides to teachers and librarians. Book awards recognize and nurture culturally diverse writers and encourage publishers to produce more multicultural books. (SLD)

Presents a content analysis of Caldecott winners from 1958 to 1997. Finds that images of females, minorities, and the aged have changed to present less biased, stereotypical views of persons in those groups than in the past. Notes that the winners do not provide an accurate mirror of children in America or of their society. (RS)

Discusses a small group of picture books that display two of Quentin Blake's great strengths: (1) the inventiveness of his concept and design; and (2) the representation of his own view that a children's book can be a place where adults and children meet on equal footing. (NH)

This analysis of trends in Academy Award winning films that portray people with disabilities found that, although there has been an increase in the number of awards to "disability" films, only 2 of 35 films identified portrayed children or youth with disabilities, and none featured learning disabilities. (DB)

Describes the Batchelder Award (presented since 1968 to the U.S. publisher of the most outstanding children's book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country and subsequently published in English in the United States), and lists all of these award-winning books. (SR)

Winners of the National Future Farmers of America Agriscience Teacher of the Year Award (n=131) generally believed that integrating science helps students understand concepts and their agricultural applications and that integration would increase enrollment. They felt teachers needed more preparation time for integration. (SK)

Analyzes data on schools that were recognized as exemplary by the federal government from 1998-2000 through the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, concluding that blue ribbons were awarded to many mediocre schools and discussing how this could happen. The article suggests that the Blue Ribbon Schools Program is outdated, judging schools by what they do…

Highlights K-8 school construction projects that have won the Learning By Design Awards for 2001. Projects covered involve new school construction; and renovation, additions, and restoration. (GR)

Presents top awardees of the American School & University's Educational Interiors Showcase competition. Each entry contains information about the architectural firm, square footage and construction costs, brief description of the school design, and photos. (GR)

Presents photographs and basic information on architectural design, costs, and principle designers of the three main winners of the American School & University Architectural Portfolio 2000 competition. One high school, a community college, and an Indian community early childhood center are featured. (GR)