The new cafeteria at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota is part restaurant, part study hall, part lounge area and part health-food store. From the beginning, the superintendent and food service leaders planned the facility to ensure that balanced diets with quickly prepared, but healthy, foods are offered to students to help them…

A key component of conventional distance education organizations has been the network of local study centres, set up to serve as a bridge between students and the educational organization. With the capacity of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enable direct contact between the educational institution and its dispersed students,…

According to information developed by the U.S. Department of Education from material provided by the six Curriculum Coordination Centers (CCCs), the CCCs continued to facilitate their states in the identification, location, adaptation, dissemination, and effective use of vocational education curriculum and instructional materials in 1988. Each…

THE OPERATION OF THE FELS FOUNDATION PROJECT FOR DEVELOPING YOUTH POTENTIAL IN HANFORD, CALIFORNIA, IS DESCRIBED. OF GENERAL CONCERN WAS THE PREPARATION OF CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL EXPERIENCES AND FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT. A MAJOR GOAL WAS TO IMPROVE THE SELF-IMAGE OF THE CHILDREN AND TO ASSIST THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN PROVIDING…

THIS LISTING, ARRANGED BY STATE, GIVES NAMES, LOCATIONS, AND NAMES OF CHAIRMEN AND DIRECTORS OF PROGRAMS AND CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. INCLUDED ALSO IS INFORMATION ON LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES COUNCILS, INTER-UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS, AND PROGRAMS AND CENTERS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. (RW)

THE AFTER-SCHOOL STUDY CENTERS ARE INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT REGULAR INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS HAVING A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF DISADVANTAGED PUPILS. THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION AIMS TO SALVAGE, FOR FURTHER EDUCATION, THOSE PUPILS WHO MAY OTHERWISE BECOME DROPOUTS OR FAIL TO GET INTO COLLEGE. EACH TEACHING ASSIGNMENT IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL STUDY CENTERS IS FOR ONE…

The aim of the Curriculum Development Centre (CDC) of Australia is to foster curriculum and materials development from preschool to post-secondary levels. A broad concept of curriculum includes the totality of experience which a child undergoes during his schooling. Curriculum development under this definition is concerned with developing…

This bibliography is limited to pertinent studies and prescriptions based on junior and community college populations and to literature addressed to the junior-college audience interested in the improvement of reading and study skills. Included are sections on program prescriptions; program descriptions; program evaluation; status and reaction…

Experimental analysis of the results of an ESEA/Title I remedial reading program utilizing after-school study centers is presented. An experimental group of 1,521 New York city fourth-grade students who were enrolled in the reading program was compared with a matched control group from the same schools and a matched group from schools not having…

The Center for Educational Technology (Bildungstechnologisches Zentrum -- BTZ) is a research, development, and implementation (R and D) organization set up by the State of Hesse, West Germany. It has the novel (for Germany) function of being a middleman between politics, research, and educational practice in developing curriculum for German pre-,…

This bibliography is limited to pertinent studies and prescriptions based on junior and community college populations and to literature addressed to the junior-college audience interested in the improvement of reading and study skills. Included are sections on program prescriptions; program descriptions; program evaluation; status and reaction…

Academic institutions having curriculum centers were surveyed regarding cataloging, classification, and resource sharing of curriculum materials. Findings showed a variety of cataloging and classification practices and a low rate of input of records onto national bibliographic utilities, such as OCLC. Standardization and usage of materials were…

The authors discuss types of resources available to vocational teachers that may prove helpful during preparation of updated curricula. Types include (1) computerized databases, (2) regional curriculum coordination centers, (3) state resource centers, (4) specialized curriculum centers, and (5) individual expertise. (CH)

Describes an eight-year study in curriculum development at the University of Chicago, involving 30 school systems and featuring summer workshops in curriculum planning and evaluation. Shows how the experience validates observations made by Joseph Schwab in "The Practical 4: Something for Curriculum Professors to Do" (Curriculum Inquiry…