Some states have viewed teacher selection as a means of improving student performance and have mandated the use of site-based teacher councils. To assess the utility of this legislative action, an experimental study was conducted. This study uses a 2x3x2 factorial design that varies state legislation, role of the decision maker, and academic…

Positing that place has a pedagogy that can be harnessed for educative means and ends or left to chance and that partnering place and its pedagogy with teaching magnifies the influence of place and teaching, I conceptualize "metissage" as place of education. Because few scholars in education have written about metissage and even fewer have…

TWO MODELS ARE PRESENTED TO AID PLANNERS IN SELECTING THE SITE FOR AN AREA SCHOOL WHICH IS MOST EFFICIENT IN MINIMIZING TIME AND COSTS OF TRANSPORTING STUDENTS. THE FIRST MODEL DEALS WITH THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCHOOL SITE AND BUS TRANSPORT PROBLEMS. SOLUTION TO THE SITE PROBLEM IS FOUND BY COMPUTING A LOCATION COEFFICIENT FOR EACH POTENTIAL SITE…

THE ROLE OF ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE IS DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT. PROBLEMS IN COMMUNICATION AND THE DESIGN PROCESS ARE IDENTIFIED. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF COMPUTERS ARE MENTIONED IN RELATION TO MAN AND MACHINE INTERACTION. PRESENT AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER USAGE ARE IDENTIFIED AND DISCUSSED WITH RESPECT…

A DETAILED GUIDE FOR PLANNING SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND SITES IN MINNESOTA. PART ONE DEALS WITH PROCEDURES IN SCHOOL PLANT PLANNING IN TERMS OF STATE AND LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES. PART TWO DISCUSSES PLANNING AND DEVELOPING OF SCHOOL PLANT FACILITIES IN TERMS OF SCHOOL SITE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES, SECONDARY SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL…

A DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL MODERNIZATION AND BUILDING AGE, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO RENOVATION RATHER THAN NEW CONSTRUCTION TO MEET CHANGING EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, IS GIVEN. THE NEWSLETTER EMPHASIZES EDUCATIONAL ADEQUACY AS BEING MORE IMPORTANT THAN BUILDING AGE, AND DESCRIBES RENOVATION TECHNIQUES WHICH WILL FACILITATE THIS…

This document is the application for an Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, grant for planning a Demonstration School for educationally disadvantaged children in Dade County, Florida. The required statistical data are provided. The objectives of the project include evaluation of proposed sites in the target area, the development of…

A scientific study for determining the school site and space requirements for varying population densities is needed for effective planning. The properly equipped school site should provide enough space to aid in the mental and physical development of every child. Site determinants include--(1) the school population, (2) allowable enrollment per…

Guidelines and procedures outlined in this document constitute instructions for implementing the establishment of area vocational school districts in New Mexico. Step-by-step procedures are presented for the preparation of documents to be utilized for seeking approval as an area vocational school district. (FS)

Emphasis is placed upon conceiving the site as an integral part of the total educational environment. Preliminary steps are suggested for planning a junior college campus, placing emphasis upon the need for a master plan. Criteria for site selection are discussed for site size, student enrollment, land use patterns, and accessibility. Directions…

The planning procedure suggested in this handbook consists of an evaluation of the existing educational program and a comprehensive survey of the school plant. Resulting recommendations will involve renovation of, or additions to, present buildings, or new building on existing sites. A summary of recommendations on school construction economies is…

In the title, "Five Points on Site Teacher Education," the "On Site" refers to the transfer of education courses from academic settings to public secondary school locations; the "five points," to a specific geographic design through varied racial or ethnic areas. Theory and practice are consistently interrelated, and…

The application of computer programing to construction of maps and geographic distributions of data has been called geocoding. This new use of the computer allows much more rapid analysis of various demographic characteristics. In particular, this paper describes the use of computer geocoding in the development of a plot of student density in…

THE COST OF DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, INCLUDING ACQUISITION OF SITE AND CONSTRUCTION, IS APPROXIMATELY $5,000 PER FULL-TIME DAY STUDENT. TENTATIVE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE 700 STUDENTS WHEN THE SCHOOL OPENS, SEPTEMBER 1967, AND A LEVELING OFF AT 4,000 BY 1973. THE EVENING DIVISION PART-TIME ENROLLMENT MAY…

Describes the Store Front School project, a program of cooperative education aimed at rekindling students' interest in school and helping them earn their diplomas. The school conducts classes in an office in a shopping mall where the students work. (ABB)