Accounts, in part, for the successful implementation of an alternative "school-without-walls" and provides clues to what program administrators can do to make it more likely that new programs will get fair trials in the schools. (Author/IRT)

About 670 college teachers will spend 18 weeks working with noted university scholars during summer 1986 under a program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The teachers will spend the next year talking about their experiences, incorporating new ideas into their courses, and continuing their scholarly pursuits. (MLW)

Describes an approach in which junior high school students prepare a sound/slide presentation that focuses on some animal issue. The approach is designed to make them more aware of the problems encountered by animals and to help them develop their ability to process information and to work together. (JN)

Describes the Early Prevention of School Failure program, an ESEA Title III program developed in Peotone, Illinois, that provides special kindergarten classes for children with learning disabilities. (JG)

Charter schools are public schools created through a business-like contract, or "charter," with the sponsoring school board. Although the process is somewhat standardized, each state's schools are unique. Ways in which charter schools are operating in one state, Wisconsin, are detailed in this volume. The text represents the most…

Through the use of such support services as interpreting, note-taking, and tutors, deaf college students at California State University at Northridge compete with 25,000 hearing peers in an urban, liberal arts university setting. (Author)

When career education arrived, this school district found it could enhance and broaden existing social studies programs. K-12 programs and resource materials developed are examples of the use of career education as a catalyst for change. (KM)

Emergence of four year degree programs in engineering colleges has posed problems for the conventional programs. Attempts have been made to revise and enrich experiences in conventional degree programs. One such program is explained briefly. (PS)

Describes a laboratory method of determining the formula for metal oxide, provides brief descriptions of two new courses at Kansas State Teachers College, and reports on meetings identifying critical needs in science education. (AL)

Presents a series of reports of locally-sponsored innovations in industrial arts programs for students in one or more of the grades, six through nine. (Editor)

Enterprise is concerned with the design of exploratory experiences--activity centers on the acquisition and use of occupational information. (Author)

Some innovative programs designed to draw more Hispanics into higher education are described: Pan American University's Talent Search project, guaranteed admission for students with associate's degrees to Florida state universities, the College Assistance Migrant Program, the Border College Consortium, outreach program for junior and senior high…

Describes activities to foster computer literacy at Lyons Township High School (Illinois). Goals include computer literacy to be attained by all, computer competency for many in the problem-solving disciplines, and computer specialization for those interested in the computer per se. (Author/JN)