This report focuses on curriculum innovation in schools and the factors that contribute to its success. The small scale survey that formed the basis of the report found that the innovations that most of the schools visited had made had improved pupils’ achievement and personal development. Successful change relied on strong leadership at all levels, a shared understanding of the reasons and nee...

In this month's issue, investigators Charles V. Shorten and Marijane K. Hooven of West Chester University in Pennsylvania report on a method that may give a more realistic measure of the exposure of preschool children to lead-contaminated dust [EHP 108:663-666]. Shorten and Hooven set out to assess the relationship between 168 preschool children attending Philadelphia Head Start programs and va...

This article is intended to provide evidence to suggest that information for teachers regarding transgendered children does not represent an adequate picture of transgendered children in schools and that primary schools need to be made more aware of how to deal with transgendered children, even if these children do not make themselves known to staff. It will argue that this is probably a contri...

Information and Communication Technologies are rapidly growing together: Starting from this hypothesis I will demonstrate consequences for teaching and learning, when the "Computer" is converting to a "Communicator": the new label for the compound is "Telematics". The technical possibilities are changing the forms of communication and initiate new attitudes towards teaching and learning. Certai...

This paper discusses (a) the role of cognitive and noncognitive ability in shaping adult outcomes, (b) the early emergence of differentials in abilities between children of advantaged families and children of disadvantaged families, (c) the role of families in creating these abilities, (d) adverse trends in American families, and (e) the effectiveness of early interventions in offsetting these ...

One of the most valuable of recent efforts for the treatment of mental disease has been the establishment of the Maudsley Hospital with its pathological department for the purpose of research in psychological medicine. Started at the suggestion of Dr. Henry Maudsley, who gave altogether ?40,000 towards the cost of building, it was erected for the teaching of this subject, and for the treatment,...

In recent years Manukau Institute of Technology has offered a range of DipICT Level 5 modules in local high schools to fill a gap caused by the lack of bursary and 6th form certificate qualifications and to raise the profile of computing and IT within schools. Other NACCQ providers have done similarly. DipICT L5 modules, taught by teachers accredited with our CIT department, have also provided ...

This paper investigates the prevalence of coworker and supervisor incivility in the context of K-12 schools and incivility’s possible link to teachers’ commitment to the school and turnover intent. The data were collected via surveys from 94 middle school teachers in the United States. Results indicated that 85% of the teachers experienced coworker incivility over the past year; 71% experienced...

A model based on shoaling fish suggests how a group can show decision-making properties beyond those of any one individual.