The article discusses building design for handicapped persons, focusing on the special needs of those with mobility, sight, and hearing impairments. (DLS)

Eliminating barriers has had a high priority at the University of Southern California for more than five years. Lifts at stairs, lowered pay phones, and special parking places aid handicapped students, faculty, and staff. (Author)

Summarizes the history of federal legislation aimed toward making the built environment barrier-free. (Author/MLF)

A summary of the characteristics of human performance and requirements of the built environment that provide accessibility. (Author/MLF)

A therapeutic recreation center for the retarded and handicapped is proving that barrier-free design has come of age. (Author/MLF)

Building on the success of its 2003 study, "Missed Opportunities: How We Keep High ­Quality Teachers Out of Urban Classrooms," The New Teacher Project (TNTP), with support from The Broad Foundation, investigated the methods that urban school districts use to recruit, select and hire principals. This working paper presents the basic…

Suggestions are made for removing potential hazards for the physically handicapped. (JD)

Presents drawings of three buildings to show ways of designing for energy conservation, accommodation of the handicapped, and the conversion of surplus schools to other uses. (IRT)

Ambiguities of Section 504 regulations (Rehabilitation Act of 1973) regarding accessibility and usability are cited, and implications are drawn for hearing impaired persons. It is explained that an educational or business facility may be accessible to the hearing impaired but still unusable. (CL)

Steps to the removal of architectural barriers to the handicapped by using in-district resources. (Author/LD)

Many patrons of libraries have one or more print disabilities that partially or totally impair their ability to use standard print. However, many devices and services are available to aid patrons who can not use print in the conventional manner. This paper provides an overview of typical assistive technology devices and services available to…

This paper discusses cultural barriers in educational assessment by comparing Japanese and German school report cards. The discussions on assessment fluctuate between two intellectual extremes: objectified selection or educational diagnosis. In Japan, many teachers make written comments on school report cards with ambiguous expressions to avoid…

The purposes of this study were to: (a) examine differences within specific kinematic variables and ball velocity associated with developmental component levels of step and trunk action (Roberton & Halverson, 1984), and (b) if the differences in kinematic variables were significantly associated with the differences in component levels, determine…

In this article Gary Hepburn and Jan Buley outline different approaches to implementing open source software (OSS) in schools; they also address the challenges that open source advocates should anticipate as they try to convince educational leaders to adopt OSS. With regard to OSS implementation, they note that schools have a flexible range of…

There are challenges in doing any type of collaborative research. In fact, the very "culture of higher education" is one where status comes from individual accomplishments rather than from group success. This high value placed on individual achievement often leads to fostering a work environment where competition is fierce. This leads to questions…