In 1983 the Australian Commonwealth Government announced its new Participation and Equity Program (PEP). To allow schools to focus on new directions, substantial amounts of money were allocated to the states through the PEP so that they could develop programs that focus on nine major areas: (1) curriculum; (2) assessment, accreditation, and…

The guide is intended to help local Wisconsin school districts develop comprehensive K-12 programs in the arts for students with exceptional educational needs (EEN). Section 1, the introduction, introduces the rationale and goals for the guide. Section 2 discusses general curriculum planning, the developmental levels of students, and the process…

Interest in elementary school foreign language programs has resurfaced in recent years, and the number of programs is increasing. Many states are requiring foreign language study at the elementary level. For a local school or community seeking to implement elementary school language programs, it is important that a rationale be developed to meet…

This working paper outlines several issues that federal and state policymakers face in implementing the Carl Perkins Amendments of 1990. Each of 11 issues is presented with a brief comment outlining several alternatives, to serve as the basis for discussion. Since it is designed to stimulate discussion, this document does not present any…

In 1990, a study was conducted of telecommunications in Washington State community colleges. The study focused on the quality of telecourses, current telecourse offerings, current and future plans for community college use of teleconferences, and innovations in telecommunications beyond telecourses. Data were gathered from four sources:…

This guide addresses the personnel, curriculum, equipment, inservice, interagency cooperation, and evaluation that are appropriate for low-cost and no-cost activities designed to help Missouri special needs students make the transition from school to work. Following an overview and a short glossary, the bulk of the document is in a…

Based on the premise that deficiencies in student learning are inherent byproducts of the traditional school structure, this study compares the effects of an experimental curriculum program on student learning with its traditional structural counterpart. The traditional school structure is characterized by a heavy teacher workload, segmented…

This report to the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education requested approval for nine technical colleges to offer associate in arts (AA) and associate in science (AS) degree programs beginning fall 1990. First, background information is provided on the organization and structure…

This paper describes the Oral Communication Program (OCP) developed at Radford University (Virginia) and discusses key components for a proposal to acquire funding from public or private granting agencies. Analogous to the writing-across-the-curriculum movement, the OCP encourages faculty in all academic areas to incorporate oral communication…

This paper proposes the use of international media events as instructional tools in the basic college communications course. The international media event examined, as one such application, is the spring, 1989 student protests in China. This type of instructional tool offers an excellent means of integrating world events into the curriculum. As…

This monograph describes the rationale and objectives set forth by the Commission on Maine's Common Core of Learning. The commission was charged, in 1989, with defining the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that all Maine students should have upon their graduation from high school. Commission meetings focused on what skills and attitudes students…

In 1985-86, Project BITEC provided bilingual instruction and supportive services to 379 limited English proficient (LEP) students from Italian, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Latin American backgrounds at New Utrecht High School (Brooklyn, New York). The project aimed at enabling its target population to master the English language as soon as possible,…

The communications and international business program at Coastline Community College in California focuses on the use of curricula experiments and instructional innovations to update general education and vocational courses to meet the training needs of international business people in the area. Local business executives whose companies were…

Making changes in the area of grouping for instruction is difficult because it involves adjustments in the curriculum, in teacher planning, and in teacher attitudes. A concern that the present form of grouping may result in intellectual and racial discrimination began in the Central Office and the Curriculum Office of the Crete-Monee School…

In March 1986, the Core Curriculum Development Laboratory (CCDL) was established in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) to develop "vertical" or sequential programs of study leading to the completion of the desired degree objective within two years. The first activities of the CCDL focused on learning what other institutions have…