The report represents initial findings of a study involving information science curricula as offered by various educational institutions in the United States and Canada. The objectives of the study are to examine the present state of information science as an instructional area; to identify the relationships that might exist between this and…

Information for this outline on teacher centers was taken from unpublished documents, most of which were written in 1971 and 1972 under the auspices of the U.S. Office of Education. The information is arranged by topic to make evident the points of agreement and disagreement among educators about teacher centers; all statements of fact or opinion…

The Study Committee on Yale College was established to study all aspects of the college and to make recommendations for the next 20 years of operation. Recommendations include the areas of faculty role, student admissions, student role, the setting of undergraduate life, the appropriate range and limits of choice in learning, the process of…

Description of a strategy for a flexible, temporary service delivery mechanism that is accountable to local constituents. (Author/DAG)

Author describes three approaches to educational planning and examines the Worth Report on educational planning in Canada, finding it generally impressive'' but making two major criticisms. (SP)

Illinois educational center coordinates materials for regional schools and shares them via facsimile transmitting units. (Author)

More contact between urban and rural schools is needed if the discrepancies in quality are to be eliminated. (MB)

Describes the team teaching efforts of four Xaverian Brothers who have undertaken to coordinate the religious educational needs of a group of catholic parishes in Queens, New York. (AN)

Explains programs developing in an Education Cooperative in Appalachia. (MK)

Describes ESEA Title V projects that deal with strengthening State Departments of Education. (MK)

For 24 consecutive school days a teacher-observer kept a log of classroom interruptions caused by persons who entered a sixth-grade class of 30 pupils. Data were analyzed for frequency and nature of interruptions on academic engagement, and the attitudes toward students projected by interrupters. (Author/RH)

The education of linguistically diverse students can be improved by collaboration between teachers of English as a Second Language and content-area teachers in curriculum and instruction, creation and implementation of resources, and training and consultation. (SK)

Contends that school librarians, children's librarians in the public library, and the classroom teacher must cooperate if all children are to receive the best education that is possible and suggests ways of achieving this cooperation. (TO)