Ben-Avie and Comer describe how Jewish day schools and the Yale Child Study Center's School Development Program (SDP) share a common agenda regarding the aim of education. The foundational science of education is child development, advocates James P. Comer in such seminal works as "School Power" (1980) and "Waiting For A Miracle" (1998). SDP, the…

This paper surveys the various teleconferencing trials in the Open University, and attempts to analyze why they have been relatively unsuccessful compared to other new media initiatives such as audio cassettes and computer assisted learning. The situation is placed in the context of British and European educational use of telecommunications in…

Most study halls in most high schools are not arenas of constructive leisure, but rather, exercises in creative discipline for the teachers. Students practice wasting, not using, time. One high school in Illinois, however, implemented a successful study hall plan. The traditional study hall was divided into three areas defined by the arrangement…

To assist teachers in knowing about environmental study and their availability for class studies, the West Linn, Oregon School District #3 has developed this "first step" survey. Information for each local study area describes its history, general physical appearance, vegetation, wildlife, special features, present physical development, seasonal…

Learning stations were planned that combined the teaching of English skills with History content.

The Centennial Education Program of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a six-credit residential instruction unit, offers students academic work in self-directed projects. Examples of projects, faculty involvement, time involvement, and related cognitive and affective relationships are described. (LBH)

A comprehensive school design features an integrated youth center and numerous social welfare facilities intended to extend the use and influence of the school beyond school hours and school years. (Author/MF)

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…

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…

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…