The outgrowth of correspondence with Native Indian education programs and curriculum projects all over North America, this directory presents mailing addresses and brief descriptions of material needs for some 96 entries. Organized via Canadian Provinces and U.S. States, entries are divided into 4 categories as follows: (1) Canadian Native Indian…

Reviews research on Native education in northern Canada and Alaska, focusing on historical, cultural, and political contexts; student behavior, student evaluation, and academic achievement; cultural differences between Native students and White teachers; and government policies related to curriculum. Contains 68 references. (SV)

Small, sometimes multi-cultural, rural schools need specialized preservice teacher education programs to prepare teachers. After outlining the classroom, school, and sociocultural characteristics affecting a teacher's success and survival in a rural community, this paper discusses the apparent lack of rural content in teacher preparation programs…

"The Geography Teacher" provides hands-on reference and educative material for K-12 Geography teachers. The journal also pioneers innovative ideas for contemporary teaching methods, including lesson plans. This issue contains the following: (1) Ask Dr. de Blij (Dr. Harm de Blij); (2) Refugees in America (TGT); (3) Guinness and the Irish…

Volume 2 begins with discussion of Hopkins Grammar School history, Greek language issues, and Justin S. Morrill's legislative career. Miscellaneous topics cover Indian Territory, backward children in public schools, U.S. engineering education, Christian Brothers schools founder St. Jean Baptiste de La Salle, public library development, Delft's…

Volume 1 begins with the Commissioner of Education's introduction and includes state school-system statistics. Chapter I covers education in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Chapter II presents children's growth statistics collected in Worcester, Mass., Toronto, Ontario, and Milwaukee. Chapter III addresses German university pension and…

Volume 2 of the Commissioner's report includes a chapter on education and crime, which considers the relationship between crime and education with statistics included. The Canadian education chapter discusses the public education system, universities, current issues, technical and industrial education, and a section on Ontario education. Chapter…