These standards and objectives provide a new impetus for improving public education by placing emphasis on educational planning. Required by the new Constitution of Virginia, standards for personnel, instructional materials, program, and systemwide planning and management are established in conjunction with rules and regulations for their…

The Institute for Earth Education is a nonprofit volunteer group made up of an international network of individuals and member organizations devoted to helping people live more lightly on the earth. This book proposes an alternative path to solve environmental problems. The program, called the earth education path, seeks to accomplish one of…

A stripped-down case study of the development, implementation, and evaluation of a federally funded project illustrates the realities of planning, use of objectives, measurement, and evaluation. (Author/PF)

Tallahassee's New Adventure in Learning project seeks to show that positive thinking can generate important advances in the classroom. (Editor)

Discussed the development of a teacher advisor program at the Purnell School, Pottersville, New Jersey. (RK)

This article examines seven tasks in order for the goal of internationalizing education to be achieved in Sweden. Coordination efforts among international organizations is stressed. (DE)

Well-developed lesson plans form the basis of successful training sessions. Each lesson plan has two parts: a cover sheet and a lesson outline. Cover sheets include a variety of information used when an instructor drafts a lesson outline and prepares to conduct a training session. Sections are: course, unit, and lesson titles; presentation time;…

This report describes the current situation of the Basbakanlik Arsiv (the archives of the Turkish Prime Minister's Office) and presents a series of recommendations for the improvement of the facilities, services, and staff of the archives. The legislative framework within which the archives operate, the holdings of the archives, the classification…

This handbook for participants in a needs assessment workshop was designed to supplement training. The workshop is conducted over a period of two days. A leader's manual describes how to conduct the Evaluation Workshop. A schedule is outlined and objectives are stated. The participants are given instruction and practice in methods of conducting an…

The Tizard Report on Children with Specific Reading Difficulties, published in 1972, recommended the establishment of special centres to deal with the needs of slow learners. Article focused on the London Borough of Enfield, which set up just such a center, the Progress Centre, the same year. (Editor/RK)

Considered the development of La Guardia Community College, established under a mandate from the city of New York to be a cooperative education college becoming the first community college in the country fully committed to cooperative education. (Author/RK)

The Right to Read is educational priority number one in a crusade under way statewide and already involving over 400,000 youngsters. (Editor)

Article discussed continuing education programs for mature women, specifically the Span Plan Program for Women. (Author/RK)

Draws attention to some of the key problems needing emphasis in the design and implementation of MBO systems. (Author)