Suggestions are given for operating quality programs for gifted children on limited budgets. Considered are alternatives such as cluster grouping, use of parent and community volunteers, and use of community resources and services. (CL)

Explores the ethical issues involved in transcribing, and argues that transcribing is a situated act within a study embedded in a conceptual ecology of a discipline. Emphasizes that transcribing is a political act reflecting a discipline's conventions and a researcher's conceptualization of a phenomenon, research goals, and underlying theories.…

In this article, the author describes how she developed an interest in and originally became involved with international adult education. The author first became aware of the international aspects and activities of adult education while matriculating for her master's degree with Malcolm Knowles at Boston University. As early as 1983, the author…

This publication describes innovative and powerful mechanisms for financing sustainability projects on campus including energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy installations. The guide provides step-by-step guidance for establishing revolving loan funds for campus sustainability, based on the experiences of the authors in setting up such a…

Educators are challenged to provide instruction for learners with diverse needs in general and special education settings. Learning centers are one organizational method that can be used to provide students with small-group instruction, practice and review activities, and increased active engagement in learning. Educators must be organized and…

The Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) is a bold approach to improving student learning by encouraging teachers, parents, and the community to work collaboratively to introduce innovative projects that address local needs. Initiated in 1999 by the Alberta Government and its partners, AISI provides targeted funding to school…

This document is designed to provide assessment materials for specific Grade 4 outcomes in the German Language and Culture Nine-year Program, Grades 4-5-6. The assessment materials are designed for the beginner level in the context of teaching for communicative competence. Grade 4 learning outcomes from the German Language and Culture Nine-year…

This booklet is designed to offer state and district policymakers a thoughtful set of questions to ask about school reform models and the organizations that develop them. The questions follow the criteria for schoolwide reform as spelled out in the federal legislation. Policymakers are encouraged to consider these questions as they work with…

This document is an instructional guide for use by local Boys Clubs of America in promoting delinquency prevention and in designing programs to address the problem of the inappropriate detention of juveniles. The problem of inappropriate youth detention and the need for Boys Clubs to provide alternatives to detention are discussed in the…

This program guide is designed to provide the educational community with the recommended plan for industrial arts (IA) in Pennsylvania. It outlines the program that is consistent with the mandates and recommendations of the 1984 Chapter 5-Curriculum Regulations of the State Board of Education and has been developed using current national IA…

This article describes a life-skills program, in a community college, with its major objective to assist disadvantaged adults in obtaining employment opportunities. There is a need for faculty to respond to the culturally different and for new teaching consistent with learning styles of the alienated. Specific program guide-lines are presented.…

The American Bar Association recommends and briefly analyzes law related curriculum projects for those seeking information and assistance in setting up a program in their school. (DE)

In this article author introduced a structure of applied reading skills and suggested instructional strategies for development of initial strategies appropriate for learners in middle and upper levels of the elementary school. (Author/RK)

A justification for the offering of intramural sports is offered, and an introduction to methods for establishing such programs at the elementary, junior secondary, and senior secondary school levels is presented. General information on intramural programing at each level includes discussion of questions on commitment, financing, liability,…

This guide is designed to provide new Girl Scout troop leaders with basic information about scouting and about their responsibilities as leaders. Developed by the Girl Scouts Migrant Communities Project, the guide is written in Spanish and English, with every heading, caption, and discussion presented in both languages. Among the topics covered…