Examines challenges to educational access at the community-college level related to college mission, funding, assessment, academic placement, staff development, articulation/transfer, college-school relations, and student support services. Considers public policy influences on access. Describes four Maricopa County Community College District…

Describes the Teacher-Scholar program supported by the Ohio Writing Project and Miami University's Department of English, in which secondary teachers go to Miami University for one year to teach, to study rhetoric and composition theory, and to conduct their own research projects. Reports that, upon returning to their schools, participants conduct…

Describes the implementation of a humanities-based curriculum for all ninth and tenth grade students at St. Michael's Academy (Austin, Texas). The ninth grade core is thematically organized, integrating the study of English and religion. The sophomore core integrates world history, world literature, and comparative religions. Describes sample…

Illustrates the way in which a first grade boy overcame his writing anxiety and progressed through initial attempts at writing with the guidance and support of his teachers. (BB)

Presents a collection of articles that address the importance of basic instruction programs in college physical education, focusing on the history of basic instruction, issues and answers, effective teaching, faculty renewal, teacher development, and research in basic instruction programs. (SM)

Describes the highlights of a full-day Montessori program. Discusses how full-day teachers can better serve children by understanding the demands on their parents and meeting needs for parent education throughout the school year. Examines differences between the full-day and half-day environment with regard to the indoor and outdoor environments,…

Describes inclusive practices in four small, rural Wisconsin schools. These models focus on scheduling for cross-categorical programming, including students with challenging behaviors, coteaching, and practicing inclusion in high school. Includes philosophy of inclusion and program features for each model. Contains 24 references. (SAS)

After summary presentation of development of German children's and young-adult literature since middle of the century, this article proposes use of such literature in foreign-language classrooms and reports on two projects using children's literature in intermediate- and advanced-level classes. First project examines cultural differences by means…

Describes an effort to institutionalize service learning within the academic departments of the University of Utah. A community service center at the university, through its faculty advisory committee, developed campus-wide support for incorporating service learning into the core offerings of 14 academic units. Models developed by the academic…

Describes a school-based family-literacy program initiated by a first-grade teacher in an inner-city school. Describes how joint parent/child classroom activities and parent/teacher discussion sessions (1) provided opportunities for parents to explore their own and their children's uses of literacy; (2) increased their knowledge of literacy…

Describes how three faculty members created a learning community at a nonresidential campus by creating and teaching a linked block of three core-curriculum courses (Composition 1, Speech Communication, and Cultural Anthropology) for incoming freshman students. Relates first-day class activities, describes the linking of assignments and communal…

The Shriver Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is designed to create and manage new educational settings that enable the university, students, and community to pursue common goals. The Center and two programs (a partnership with community middle schools, and a program enabling former Peace Corps workers to address the…

A discussion of the role of information technology in lifelong learning looks at such issues as the speed of technological and educational change and its relationship to policy formation and the use of policy to support experimentation. Some lifelong learning providers on-line in California and the West are described, and the Western Governors…

A look inside a professional development school based in Fort Collins, Colorado, shows how an innovative, observation-and-feedback approach to teacher training is enhancing the teaching and learning experience of all participants--university faculty, high school faculty, and teacher candidates. Participants' strong commitment has arisen from the…

Describes a collaboration between two high school English teachers that linked sophomore and senior English classes in using literacy for real purposes in the "Magazines for Change" project. Discusses the process of collaboration between the teachers, and describes the project itself. Notes the many benefits that resulted, and describes how…