This proposed amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 would authorize the Commissioner of Education to make grants to public and private nonprofit educational agencies and organizations for establishment and operation of several Ethnic Heritage Studies Centers, reflecting readily identifiable ethnic groups represented in…

Discusses how to create classroom study areas and presents ideas for including game tables, magic carpet areas, and media corners. (JMB)

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…

Some common problems faced by administrators developing tutoring programs in postsecondary education institutions--development of program goals, how to select and train tutors, and evaluating and monitoring program effectiveness--are addressed in this booklet. In the first of four sections, eight articles address the purpose and design of various…

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETEEN CURRICULUM STUDY CENTERS SUPPORTED BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION GATHERED TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT EACH CENTER WAS DOING IN ORDER TO ANALYZE AND ATTACK COMMON CURRICULAR PROBLEMS, TO CONSIDER CERTAIN COMMON PROCEDURAL MATTERS SUCH AS THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THEIR MATERIALS, TO EXAMINE RESEARCH…

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,…

This document is a compilation of off-campus study centers for government employees. Listings are shown on an agency by agency basis, and the location of each center and a description of the courses and degrees available to governmental personnel are given. An institution index and a subject index are included at the end of the document. (CK)

Author visits an urban studies center that aims to help children becoming more aware of planning processes. (Editor/RK)

To improve study habits, one high school refers failing or barely passing students to an afterschool study session called Success Group. Students attend these supervised sessions until classwork or grades have improved. (MLH)

Author explores the environmental and attitudinal factors that can make study hall an enjoyable and profitable place for teenagers. (GB)

A major 6-year program in the Chicago schools has proven that the traditional gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students can be systematically and substantially eliminated. The Chicago Child Parent Center program is described. (Author)

The librarian has become a mobile person, carrying the library into the classroom, to the school staff, and to the public. (Author)