The for-profit management of public schools by for-profit corporations continues to be a controversial innovation. Proponents argue for-profit schools will result in educational improvement by harnessing the profit seeking motive of the marketplace. Competition, they maintain, forces companies to earn their profits by reducing administrative…

The goal of scaling up of educational innovation is to produce robust, effective, replicable outcomes. This report addresses requirements to support scale-up of scientifically vetted innovation (or new ideas that are built on the findings of quality research and development). In this report, a number of issues are considered: the context of…

Discusses changes in teacher education for reading instruction, especially the increasing emphasis on competency attainment. (TO)

The Union Leadership Academy (ULA) combines Pennsylvania State, Rutgers, West Virginia, and Atlantic Community College, 3 departments of the ALL-CIO, and 12 unions into an innovative curriculum covering aspects of labor law, union administration, and labor history. (Author/PG)

Educational technology is not new. Between the years 1809 and 1936 the United States Patent Office issued over six hundred patents for machines which could teach. It would appear that many people felt that machines could do much of the routine job of instruction and it was this feeling which contributed much to the development of a systematic…

Describes use of a "College Bowl" game format and money incentives to increase silent reading comprehension in educably mentally retarded students. (DP)

Examines the characteristics of the first generation of secondary science curricula reforms that emerged in the 1950's (such as PSSC) and the second generation of reforms that appeared in the following decade (such as Harvard Project Physics). The strengths and weaknesses of these two generations of science curricula are compared. (JR)

Presents the position statement of the Committee on Physics in Two-Year Colleges concerning the use of computers in physics teaching. Indicates that technical assistance is available upon request. (CC)

Article discussed the development of a new educational calendar that will entail attendance at school all year-round and which will allow for greater student enrollment, educational efficiency, and flexible scheduling. (RK)

Discusses some possible answers to basic questions concerning career education, its implementation, and its cost. (Author/NJ)

Due to the financial constraints facing Indian education, innovative and noninstitutional methods of imparting instruction must be developed, such as, correspondence courses, continuing education, technical education, and redevelopment of existing resources. (Author/PG)

Author proposes the development of an experimental teacher education model which could be considered as an alternative or option to many present student teaching opportunities. (GB)

Describes the process by which a small elementary system (Windsor, Connecticut) combined Individually Guided Instruction and open education. (Author)

Common College serves the San Francisco bay area with an enrollment of excollege students and housewives. This experimental school makes connections between students' interests and opportunities by arranging classes, tutorials, and apprenticeships. It stresses work, travel, and time alone. (Author/PG)