This handbook is designed to acquaint school personnel with data relevant to the Afro-American in the western United States. The first five chapters ("The Significance of the Afro-American People,""We Are All Africans,""The West's Afro-American Heritage,""Afro-Americans in the West Today," and "American…

A guide for planning elementary school facilities designed to aid architects and school staff when interpreting the needs of children and the school program in relation to space, arrangement, and facilities. General information regarding school planning, educational objectives, curriculum, and instruction to architects is contained. Various kinds…

Undertaken to identify, compile, and describe characteristic problems of school facilities planning in metropolitan areas, this study included the fifty largest cities in the United States. The study analyzes the effects on school planning of social, economic, and cultural changes caused by population movement and land use, and controls.…

A guidebook of required procedures for capital construction programs for community colleges in New York State. Existing community colleges are listed giving actual and estimated enrollments for 1963-1974. Required procedures specified include--(1) initiation of capital construction and budget requests, (2) space utilization and space projections,…

The "essentials" for programs in inhalation therapy were studied by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American College of Chest Physicians and adopted by several pilot schools between 1957 and 1962. Recommended with minor modifications, they were approved by the American Medical Association Council on Medical Education and the…

Uncontrollable factors exist in any situation and must be met as they arise. The University of Minnesota has adopted the assumption that the future will in some respects follow the pattern of the past. The traditional method of basing space needs on square footage per student does not take into account increased demands for space that result from…

A concensus of faculty, staff, and consultants regarding the physical requirements necessary for full implementation of the educational program and services to be offered. Guidelines for the architects are developed as follows--(1) curricular implications for facilities, (2) the general nature of activities o f instructional and non-instructional…

An outline of the factors and conditions affecting the desirability of a specific building site. The primary factor headings are--(1) availability, (2) location, (3) environment, (4) accessibility, (5) size, (6) shape, (7) topography, (8) acquisition, (9) cost of land, (10) soil condition, (11) sub-surface condition, (12) site preparation, (13)…

Intended as a manual to provide school custodians with some understanding of basic functions of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment for safe, efficient operation. Contains general rules and specifications for providing custodians with a more complete awareness of their equipment and the field of "Climate Control" within the…

This campus plan for the conversion and expansion of the existing Maui Technical School into a two-year community college in Kahului, Maui, Hawaii describes the site, educational facilities, and services needed. Schematic drawings in terms of floor plan and front view are given for all major buildings. Preliminary estimated costs for the community…

Prepared for the purpose of supplementing "Guide for Planning School Plants" published by the National Council on Schoolhouse Construction. In outline form it contains chapters concerning--(1) The School Plant Program, (2) School Site, (3) The Elementary School, (4) The Secondary School, (5) School Plant Safety, (6) Service Facilities,…

This issue of the "Interracial Books for Children Bulletin" contains a special section focusing on the film called, "The Speaker". This film purports to deal with an assault on the First Amendment and with the necessity for eternal vigilance in defense of U.S. Constitutional freedom. The setting is an integrated high school…

This publication is part of a three-volume series of manuals designed to serve both as instructional guides and as ready references to some of the more complex problems of public school collective bargaining. The series is intended for use primarily by school board members, educational administrators, and other individuals interested in collective…

The opinions presented reflect those of the National Education Association Task Force on Testing: that norm referenced tests are often misused, and that problems are also associated with criterion referenced tests. A list of warnings for teachers considering the use of criterion referenced tests includes: (1) common deficiencies in testing need to…

Designed as a supplement to "Responding: Ginn Interrelated Sequences in Literature," this evaluation guide offers the following: a discussion of general objectives for literature study, interpretative measures for use with the diagnostic test of specific skills, student attitude scales, a check list and evaluation procedure for observing…