Business Partnerships with Schools: Policy Guidelines for Schools Seeking to Establish and Maintain Productive and Ethical Relationships with Corporations
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management has published a new Policy Report. This discusses education policies, federal laws, and practical guidelines for relationships between schools and businesses. It also addresses a range of ethical concerns educators have raised concerning these relationships.
ERIC/IT UPDATE
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology has released the Fall 2001 issue of its electronic newsletter, UPDATE. This issue features original articles and links to recent, full-text documents in the ERIC database concerning information literacy and distance education; descriptions of the latest ERIC/IT Digest articles with links to the full text; and a peek at the winter issue, which will include original articles by the program directors of six of the best educational technology projects in the country.
Preparing Teachers To Work With Parents
This Digest from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education reviews research on and discusses the impact of teacher education programs that are educating preservice teachers about parent involvement in education.
Title II Requirements for Schools, Colleges, and Departments of Education
Also from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education, this Digest focuses on the accountability provisions in Sections 207 and 208 of Title II of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998.
AskERIC Hot Topics
AskERIC has posted two new Q&As that provide resources on the topics of curriculum compacting and qualitative vs. quantitative research.
Beginning to Work with Adult English Language Learners: Some Considerations
This new Q&A from the National Center for ESL Literacy Education, an adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse, is written for the practitioner who is looking for an overview of what adult ESL teachers need to know. It outlines issues in adult learning, second language acquisition, working with multicultural groups, and effective instructional approaches and suggests resources for further information.
Effects of Removing the Time Limit on First and Second Language Intelligence Test Performance
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation has added another article to its Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation journal. This article reviews a study that investigated the effect of removing the time limit for students taking a standardized intelligence test in their second language.
Keeping Up
The ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education (ERIC/SO) has published a Fall 2001 issue of its biannual electronic newsletter, Keeping Up. This edition features news about ERIC/SO and ERIC system publications, staff, resources, and activities; the full text of several new ERIC/SO Digests; and social studies resources for educators.
Teaching About Dialects
This new Digest from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics addresses some of the difficulties teachers may encounter in teaching about dialects and provides several activities that teachers can use to help students learn more about language and understand that language variation is a natural phenomenon.
AskERIC Update
The November issue of AskERIC Update includes tips on finding journals indexed in the ERIC database and resources for learning more about parent-teacher conferences.
Career and Academic Guidance for American Indian and Alaskan Native Youth
From the ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, this new ERIC Digest briefly describes current demographics and trends in American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) education, cultural values, and beliefs that provide a context for education and counseling, and effective and responsive career and academic guidance practices for educators working with AI/AN students.
Cybercounseling
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services has redesigned their Cybercounseling Web site. With thirteen new articles, the redesigned Web site includes new information on the use of technology in counseling.
Successful K-12 Technology Planning: Ten Essential Elements
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology has published a new Digest that provides helpful advice to administrators and others at both the district and school level who are charged with creating a plan for using technology effectively.
The U.S. Department of Education and Student Financial Aid for Distance Education: An Update
This Digest from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education offers a brief discussion about the growth of distance education in the postsecondary arena and summarizes the U.S. Department of Education's progress in evaluating current rules governing financial aid for distance learning.
This page was updated on Mon Nov 26 19:14:47 GMT 2001
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