Commonly entitled off-campus classes, instructors bring non-credit classes to senior citizen complexes, community centers, apartment and co-op complexes." (Author)

To avoid the loss of learning caused by the usual week's time-gap between adult evening classes, Lutterworth Community College offered an intensive French course, meeting four evenings a week for two hours. (EB)

Novel experiences, created to give students a feeling that their education has some purpose, are presented. (CK)

Use of the music block schedule for elementary band, chorus, and orchestra programs has many advantages. For example, it eliminates the need to pull students from class and abates classroom teacher and music teacher friction. Solutions to other problems often encountered in scheduling are also discussed. (RM)

Key factors that contribute to the success of a flexible modular scheduling system at a Wisconsin high school are outlined. (Author/MLF)

Descriptive study of ongoing changes in scheduling practices in Iowa and Illinois high schools during the 1999-2000 academic year. Describes scheduling models and trends with block scheduling implementation. Finds approximately one-fourth of Illinois and Iowa high schools have implemented block scheduling. Explains possible reasons for slow…

Outlines the rational for restructuring at one Missouri high school that went to the eight-block/seven-period plan. Presents weekly block time schedules from three different high schools in Missouri, Arizona, and Kansas. (SR)

Outlines advantages expected to result from the shift made by an Illinois high school to a "4x4" block scheduling program in the Fall of 1998. (SR)

Reviews research on block scheduling and concludes that despite implementation problems and criticism, it has become an important tool in efforts to improve school climate and student achievement. (Contains 17 references.) (PKP)

A harried leader is not a helpful leader. Schools need calm, well-balanced, helpful leaders as much as they need visionary ones. In fact, in this era of frenetic change in schools, principals should devote at least as much time to helping teachers be more focused and less frantic as they do to formulating new visions for the school or embarking on…

This article investigates school mentors' perspectives on their role in training student-teachers following an initial teacher education (ITE) programme via a flexible learning route. The paper draws upon data gathered from focus groups and interviews to examine how mentors are redefining their role in response to the opportunities and challenges…

Block Scheduling has been considered a cure for a lengthy list of educational problems. This report reviews the literature on block schedules and describes some Oregon high schools that have integrated block scheduling. Major disadvantages included resistance to change and requirements that teachers change their teaching strategies. There is…

This report describes the technical aspects and potential applications of a computer-based model simulating the flow of airmen through basic training and entry-level technical training. The objective of the simulation is to assess the impacts of alternative recruit classification and training policies under a wide variety of assumptions regarding…