This article discusses the types of preservation projects the National Endowment for the Humanities' Office of Preservation expects to support, the cost of these projects, and some strategies for accomplishing them. Projects conducted by Research Libraries Group, Association of Research Libraries, and Council on Library Resources are highlighted.…

National History Day is an opportunity for friendly competition and esprit d'corps, the topic of which in 1984 is family and community. Results of the 1983 national competition are discussed, with particular emphasis on how New England schools fared. (IS)

Describes the National Arts and Presidential Scholars Awards programs, ARTS (Arts Recognition and Talent Search), a competition open to high school students who are high achievers in the visual arts, dance, music, theater, and writing. Some award-winning artwork of 1981 illustrates the article. (Author/SJL)

Discusses illiteracy in Canada and describes the steps that have been taken to improve this problem at the national, provincial, and local levels. (CHC)

Bellevue West Senior High School in Bellevue, Nebraska hosts the National High School Postal Art Exhibition, accepting art products in the form of envelopes and postcards mailed in by high school students from around the nation. This descriptive article includes reproductions of several examples of students'"postal art." (SJL)

Provides a schematic overview of 60 key organizations, agencies, committees, and research programs, both private and governmental, national and international, that are currently studying the migration process and making the results of their research available to the public. (Author)

Reviews the history of oracy in the United Kingdom over the past decade, as articulated in significant national curriculum developments. Identifies conflicting models of oracy embedded in these programs, noting erosion of the cross-curricular function of oracy in favor of a centralized oracy, controlled by the teacher and related to literacy. (BT)

Discusses a network of child advocacy councils in Israel in relation to child advocacy efforts in the United States. Describes the Jerusalem Children's Council and the work of its Ombudsman for Children. (RJC)

Mix It Up--founded by Teaching Tolerance, Tolerance.org and the Study Circles Resource Center--is a national program that encourages young people to challenge social boundaries and ostracism. To date, more than 2 million students in almost 7,000 schools have taken part in various Mix It Up programs, including the annual National Mix It Up at Lunch…

The Mission of the National Writing Project (NWP) is to improve writing and learning in the nation's schools. Through its professional development model, the National Writing Project recognizes the primary importance of teacher knowledge, expertise, and leadership. This annual report features seven educators from urban, rural, and suburban…

Fieldwork forms a substantial part of the International Geography Olympiad (IGEO) both in terms of time and in the nature of the experience in which participants get a chance to explore the "real world" of the host country. Fieldwork offers young geographers an excellent opportunity to explore the regional and local geography of the host…

Just within the past two decades, there has been a proliferation of a variety of literature, both academic and popular, regarding the underachievement and underrepresentation of African American males in U.S. schools. According to the literature, African American males have been disproportionately placed in special education classrooms and…

Education is compulsory for all children in Ireland from the ages of six to sixteen, or until students have completed three years of second level education. At primary level, a range of assessment approaches are recommended including teacher observation, questioning and discussion, samples of children's work, portfolios, projects, tasks and tests,…

Guidelines for the development of national assessment in the Nine-Year Basic School (2000) were designed by the Expert Counselling Committee for the development of national assessment in the Nine-Year Basic School Program founded in 1999. National assessment in nine-year basic schools was carried out for the first time in the academic year…

The American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Plus 50 Initiative (2008-2011), funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies, was created to build the capacity of community colleges nationwide to develop programming that engages the plus 50 learner. The Initiative supported a pilot group of 13 two-year institutions to develop or expand college…