This issue contains a summary of the recommendations that emerged from discussions at a conference on early childhood learning. Several key areas emerged from the conference work groups, including universal access to daycare, improving the quality of professional development, and increasing parental involvement in early childhood education. The…

Twelve experts from United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) member countries were invited participants in a meeting which was organized to assess the progress and results of UNESCO's Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP II) since an organizational meeting in May 1979, and to provide advice for future…

A national seminar was held in September, 1988, in Lisbon, Portugal for the purpose of disseminating results of the Council of Europe's Council for Cultural Cooperation's project on innovation in primary education. Details of the implementation of the project and problems of primary education in Portugal were discussed at the seminar, which was…

This conference focused on national and international networks that currently exist, the use of telecommunications to facilitate projects, distance education, and teacher communication, and current and future trends of communications technology applications in education. The papers are divided into three sections: (1) Telecommunications Projects,…

The following papers are collected here: (1) "Bilingual Program Outcomes" by Wayne Holtzman, Jr.; (2) "Implementation of Bilingual Programs" by Domingo Dominguez; (3) "Language Arts in Bilingual Education" by Betty Mace-Matluck; (4) "Introducing Culture in the Classroom" by Margarita Rivas; (5)…

A colloquy, "New-style Primary Education: Achievements and Prospects," was held in Brussels by the Ministry of Education of The Dutch-speaking sector of Belgium. In the first section of this report, the colloquy is viewed in the contexts of the New-style Primary Education (VLO) project of the Ministry of National Education, and the…

The paper explores policy options for beginning, expanding, or establishing services for disabled and at-risk infants and toddlers in a state. An initial section outlines characteristic advantages and drawbacks of options in three areas: legislative action (mandatory, phase-in, and non-mandatory legislation), executive action, and interagency…

This document summarizes the activities of a workshop addressing the establishment of the International Network of Schools of Library and Information Sciences (SLISNET). The report contains an introduction, a general discussion of the SLISNET project and the long-range planning picture, an overview of the process of examining resolution C/VII.15…

This publication contains keynote speeches and remarks from the papers delivered at a Conference on Family and Community Violence Prevention. The Consortium for Research and Practicum on Minority Males has conducted a 3-year federally funded project to study models to prevent minority male violence that have been implemented at historically black…

This report summarizes the papers and discussions of a conference on education of older people. The conference had the following objectives: (1) to highlight examples of good practice in education and training for older people; (2) to encourage interprofessional contact and cooperation; and (3) to strengthen international networks in order to…

Nine representatives of Thailand, Nepal, Iran, and the Republic of Korea met in Seoul during the month of August, 1977, for a curriculum development training workshop co-sponsored by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO and the Asian Centre of Educational Innovation for Development (ACEID). One aim of the workshop was to improve the…

Integrated Online Library Systems (IOLS) focuses exclusively on the issues of planning and managing automated systems in libraries and information centers. The theme of the IOLS '98 annual meeting is "Embrace and Extend," and 18 papers were selected for presentation that provide insight into the current technologies being "embraced" in libraries.…

Proceedings of a conference designed to provide a group of teachers, administrators and university professors with an opportunity to share information on initiating and sustaining innovative programs in education are summarized in this paper. The participants represented 21 exemplary programs in mathematics, science, and/or computer education as…

These two newsletter special issues focus on personal futures planning (PFP) for people with deaf blindness, with emphasis on technical assistance activities involved in implementing a PFP program. PFP guides a team through three phases of activities: (1) developing a "circle of support" for an individual with deaf blindness; (2)…

This document is a report of the proceedings of the fifth National Monitoring Conference. The contents include a brief background on monitoring and a synopsis of each of the conference sessions. The opening plenary covered the states' monitoring experiences in the first year of the new federal process following the reauthorization of the…