Traveling classrooms for carnival kids didn't really come on the scene until the 1990s when Linda Brewer, a teacher of the Conklin International Academy, helped the idea get off the ground. The trade publication "Amusement Business" lists 325 carnivals in its annual booking guide, but fewer than a dozen shows have schools because it is expensive…

To determine the effects of the television program, "Around the Bend" and the Related activities of the home visitor and mobile van teachers, the Appalachia Preschool Test (APT) was developed by the Appalachian Educational Laboratory. APT is used to supplement the standardized instruments being used to measure program performance. The…

Reviewing the scope of mobile facilities utilization as a partial solution to providing educational opportunities for school populations, this synthesis found the literature to indicate that the total and potential usage of mobile facilities is great. After a discussion of types of mobile units, uses of mobile facilities are identified. In…

Described is a pilot study in an inner city elementary school which converted a bookmobile into a special classroom for children with reading problems. (GW)

Summarizes research from the Florida Solar Energy Center at the University of Central Florida which demonstrated that improvements in portable classrooms involving illumination and ventilation saved Florida 40 percent in electric use and $6 million in energy costs. (EV)

Some pioneering school systems are making travel time more productive by playing videotapes or audiotapes on board school buses. A California district uses a traveling computer laboratory to visit 10 elementary schools. Safety and bureaucratic regulations are considered. (MLF)

Only limited data exist describing potential exposures to chemical and biological agents when using portable classrooms or outlining how to assess and reduce associated health risks. Evaluating indoor air quality involves examining ventilating rates, volatile organic compounds, and microbiologicals. Open communication among key stakeholders is…

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: Our former Elementary Instrumental Music Program for 4th-6th graders was costly and ineffective. Students were bused to a high school in the middle of the instructional day--costs (time and transportation) were not compensatory with the program, which was experiencing a significant drop-out rate.…

Suggestions for meeting the special needs of gifted students are presented. (RW)

Twelve mobile trailers are part of an experimental program of itinerant'' vocational education. (Author)