Satellite instructors and classrooms are useful when community college students need instruction in specialized skill areas and can fill in for lack of expensive equipment. Conversely, the college can go into the community to meet special needs off-campus. Simulation games, field trips, and televised instruction bring greater realism to courses.…

Five possible steps to ease institutional relationships between predominately black and predominately white publicly-supported colleges and universities. (IR)

A teacher educator who wished to refresh his experience with classroom teaching taught a high school physics course as part of a clinical professorship program. The program provides an example of cooperation between the public schools and colleges of education. (PP)

Writing teachers and researchers collaborate in the Written Literacy Forum at Michigan State University to: (1) heighten teachers' awareness of the complexity of writing; (2) stimulate discussion across grade levels; and (3) focus research on areas concerning teachers. Discussion formats and inservice activities are described, and materials…

Suggests that the teaching staff must play a major part in the evaluation of a school reading program and outlines a program for implementing this idea. Contains a scale for program evaluation. (FL)

Certification standards for teachers of the hearing impaired for the individual state education agencies are compared and reciprocal arrangements for teacher certificatiion are described and tabulated. The impact of state certification and reciprocity is addressed. Areas of concern that may be covered by teacher training programs are also…

Discussing concepts presented in "Philosophy and Education: Eightieth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education," the author suggests an approach to knowledge-building that would make educational philosophers the synthesizers of interdisciplinary knowledge in the social sciences. Problems with existing conceptual…

The Redbank Regional High School in New Jersey has a color television studio equipped with cameras and other production equipment. Students have made mock commercials and films about career exploration and fire prevention. As they make the films, students develop and practice their reading, writing, speaking, and organizational skills and learn to…

Inherent problems of collegiate international consortia are noted, and a rationale for considering them an efficient means for advancing education at all levels is presented. Characteristics of successful consortia are cited. (Author/PP)

Social studies and foreign language educators are taking tentative steps on the national, state, and local levels toward integration of the fields in curriculum and cooperative efforts. Opportunities for further efforts include joint planning in some areas of study, class exchanges, joint classes, fairs and festivals, and student projects. (MSE)

Offers reasons why public schools should cooperate with local families educating their children at home: opposing home schooling is rarely fruitful; supporting home schoolers can improve public relations; home schooling offers otherwise unobtainable insights into child learning; and home-schooled students participating in district programs may…

The effects of the Performance Based Teacher Education (PBTE) movement are categorized into six areas: (1) conscience-pricker; (2) clarifier of educational purpose; (3) bridge between theory and practice; (4) humanizer of educational process; (5) stimulator of research and development; and (6) change catalyst. (CJ)

Considers short-cycle education in the context of international cooperation in postcompulsory schooling. Looks at common characteristics of short-cycle institutions worldwide. Identifies four types of short-cycle institutions. Enumerates the potential advantages and disadvantages of uniting two-year colleges with appropriate university faculties.…

A model, appropriate for small and rural schools, offers an alternative to consolidation. Through its use, four Minnesota school districts have retained aspects of local school tradition and have provided improved educational opportunities to their high school students. (CM)

A model is presented for a school health program which integrates the health-related functions within the education, service, and environmental components of a school system. The model uses nurses as the administrators of the school health program. Goals of the program, nursing intervention, and applications of the model are discussed. (JN)