This handbook is an inservice training manual and reference source for elementary school teachers who do not have a strong background in nutrition. It is also a curriculum guide with a suggested course of study for integrating nutrition education in grades kindergarten through six with other areas of study such as English, mathematics, and social…

By creating new programs for special categories of students and special interest courses for the community at large, community colleges have more than kept their enrollments up. They have called into question traditional definitions of students, curriculum, and faculty. (Editor)

Article explained some of the advantages of developing a school garden and how it can tie into the curriculum. (Author/RK)

A learning paradigm for teaching social work research is offered as an alternative to the consumership models, the researcher as technician models, and the integration of research into other curriculum areas. (Editor/KE)

This paper examined conditions associated with the past failures of schools to attain equality of opportunity, and suggested alternatives for ensuring that future school programs have a greater probability of success. (Author/RK)

Opened in New York City in February 1975 by a 37-year-old English professor, The Womanschool has over 500 students in 20 courses built around four themes: Strengthening Skills and Knowledge, Personal Discovery and Growth, Physical Awareness, and Creative Development. The school's philosophy and development are described. (JT)

Using business and office education as an example, the author shows how manpower planning lays the foundation for bridging the gap between education and work, and then goes on to relate manpower planning to the steps in curriculum design. (Author/BP)

Presents the problems of Third World countries in acquiring science equipment to augment their science curriculum development plans. Outlines an attempt by Kenya Science Teachers College to produce and supply science equipment. Describes the approach to production, quality control, and costing and sales. (GS)

Tells how the El Paso, Texas school system switched to the quarter system and how this will improve the secondary journalism curricula. (RB)

The lack of cultural content, low interest level, and crowdedness of second language textbooks arise because every textbook represents a compromise: between the publisher's need to sell a book and the author's need to address specific pedagogical issues, and between the need to explain grammatical points fully and the need to explain them briefly.…

The standards of learning objectives for English, reading, and language arts that are presented in this paper are intended as a basis for planning language arts curriculum and instruction. A list of objectives is presented for each instructional level from kindergarten through grade twelve. The objectives reflect concern for developing the…

This paper presents the eight major categories of recommendations made by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM's) booklet "An Agenda for Action," that are considered components of programs designed to improve mathematics education, and as a by-product, raise mathematics scores of pupils on standardized tests. The three…

Organizational, curriculum, and staff utilization patterns of New England middle schools were explored in this study. Fifteen percent of the 315 New England middle schools were randomly selected and questionnaires were sent to their 46 principals. There were twelve major findings concerning organizational patterns including the fact that…