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Date:         Thu, 16 Apr 1992 13:15:54 EST
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From:         Scott Adams <SADAMS@PURCCVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Channel One continued....

Hi, Me again. :-)
In my second survey of 40 Indiana school corporations, (20 adopters, 20
rejecters) I am just now starting to wade through the results. Due to the
amount of comments my first 2 notes got, I thought I would just send this to
the net. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestion on statistical
procedures that I should run, please contact me directly. The dollar figures
at the bottom are for a period of July, 1987 -June, 1991.

                               COMPARISON OF MEANS
        Rejecters have nearly double the population of adopters.
        (by a margin of 12241.6)
        Adopters have higher median family incomes. (+$584.10)
        Rejecters have more enrollment and more minority enrollment.
                       (+1891.05)               (+380.4)
        Rejecters drive more bus miles. (+312.71)
        Rejecters are rated 2.9 points higher in SES.
        There are 19 more square miles in rejecters coporations.
        College attendance rates are nearly equivalent.
        Rejecters have 16 points higher on the SAT's.
        Adopters have a 3% higher H.S. graduation rate.
        Rejecters have $144 more in per capita income.
        Adopters have 2.93% higher graduation rate.
        Adopters spend $26 more per pupil.
        Rejecters spend $136032.28 more on Service Area Direction.
        Adopters spend $2099.02 more on Audiovisual.
        Rejecters spend $3938.57 more on Educational Television.
        Rejecters spend $59010.26 more on Computer Assisted Instructional
        Media.

Peace & Smiles
Scott Adams  SADAMS@PURCCVM.bitnet
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Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 20:53:53 EDT
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From:         Bill Johnsen <bjohnsen@NORFOLK.VAK12ED.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Middle Schools
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              "ADAVIS%CUDENVER.bitnet@asuvm.inre.asu.edu" at Apr 15, 92 4:19 pm

Our school division, Virginia Beach City Public Schools, is
preparing to begin the implementation of a middle school
program next school year.  Five schools will be 6-8 middle
schools, with the remaining six junior high school converting
the following school year.  About three years have been spent
planning and developing recommendations regarding
interdisciplinary teaming, flexible block scheduling, an
advisory program, and an intramural sports program.  As one may
expect, the public has been most concerned with the sports
program.  The newly hired superintendent has decided to
continue the very expansive interscholastic sports program for the 7th
and 8th graders only.  Interestingly, the building principals
and most of the staff disagrees with this.  It appears to be
the "squeaky wheel" syndrome.

Each of the middle school sites is to develop the division wide
recommendations to meet the needs of their students.  Next year
I will be an assistant principal at a currently-under-
construction new middle school.  The appointed planning
principal has been able to interview and select the entire
staff of about 90 teachers.  It will be interesting to have an
entire faculty of professionals who WANT to be in a building.
We will serve about 1,800 students.  An attached, but really
separate, K-5 elementary school will open mid-year.  This
school will house about 900 students.  If you are familiar with
Virginia Beach, ALL schools are large.  Some elementary school
are in the 1,600 range.

Along with the opening of this school and the beginning of a
middle school program, the division is beginning a program of
school based management.  We also hope to incorporate total
quality management concepts into the site based model.
--
Bill Johnsen
Virginia Beach, VA

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Date:         Mon, 6 Apr 1992 10:33:19 CDT
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From:         Roger Wilson <rwilson@EDUC.UCALGARY.CA>
Subject:      CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
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The Conference Board of Canada's 3rd National Conference on
Education/Business linkages will be held in Calgary, Alberta,
CANADA from May 10-12, 1992 at the Calgary Convention Centre.

Themes include:
        * New initiatives               * Business/educ. partnerships
        * Changing learning systems     * Dropouts
        * Employability skills          * Diversity in the workforce
        * Total quality management      * Structural Reform
        * Education/economy link

For further information, contact:
        Dina Derenzis, Conference Registrar
        255 Smyth Road
        Ottawa, Ontario
        CANADA   K1H 8M7
        tele. (613) 526-3280 or 1-800-267-0666
        FAX (613) 526-4857

Early bird prices end April 10th, 1992.

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Comments:     Originally-From: Gary Shank <P30GDS1@NIU.BITNET>
From:         Gene Glass <ATGVG@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Subject:      Semiotics SIG at AERA

This is an open invitation for listmembers who may be attending the
AERA annual convention to attend sessions sponsored by the Semiotics
in Education SIG.  We are currently 125 AERA members strong, and we
welcome more members.  We are interested in any work having to do
with semiotics, interpretive and hermenuetical theories, structural-
ism and poststructuralism, postmodernism, deconstruction, uses of
hypermedia, etc etc.  We are deliberately open and eclectic, and as
a result, our sessions and papers tend to be exciting year after
year.  We were founded in 1986, and there is every evidence that we
will continue to grow and flourish.
We are not trying to compete with other views of theory and/or res-
earch, so much as we are trying to open up new avenues of interest
and exploration.  Our sessions are on wed. at 10:30 and 12:30 and
thurs at 10:30.  the business meeting, which is always fun and in-
formal, will be wed. at 6:15 at the hilton Cabrillo ballroom.
Many of us wander off to dinner afterwards, engaging ourselves in
lively and exciting conversation; also, semioticians always seem to
find neat and out of the way places to dine  :-)
Come and try us out..... Gary Shank, program director
p30gds1@niu   p30gds1@mvs.cso.niu.edu   815-753-8448

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Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 11:14:00 CDT
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From:         MUFFOLETTO@ISCSVAX.UNI.EDU
Subject:      Re: Channel One/Whittle

Yes, a group of us have been looking and conducting various research


projects on channel one.  I would like to hear about your work
but you may want to contact our "team leader" (for lack of
a better name): Ann Devaney, C&I Dept, University of
Wisconsin at Madison, 225 N. Mills St., Madison, Wi.

keep in touch..

Robert Muffoletto
College of Education
Univ. ov N. Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50613

internet:  MUFFOLETTO@UNI.EDU
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From:         Les McLean <ADMINLM@UTOROISE.BITNET>
Subject:      ooops

Apologies to SCOTT Adams (not Sam--he was president, not so?) and to
EDPOLYAN folk for extra junk on their screens.
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From:         C150630@UMCVMB.BITNET
Subject:      Gregory Cizek, ACT

Sorry for the *noise*, but does anyone have an email address for
Gregory Cizek?
..................
POLLY BROWN
C150630@UMCVMB
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
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From:         Lucy Bernholz <lucy.bernholz@STANFORD.BITNET>
Subject:      Graduate Student Reception at AERA

Attention all Graduate Students attending the AERA Conference:

EDUCATIONAL FUTURES, a new journal of educational policy for and by
graduate students, invites you to an introductory reception.  Please
join us for drinks and snacks and to find out about this new
publication from Stanford University School of Education.

DATE: Tuesday, 21 April, 1992

PLACE: Barcelona I, Park 55 Hotel, San Francisco

TIME: 6:30-8:30

If you have any questions about the journal or the aprty, please
contact Lucy Bernholz or Connie Yowell at 415/723-8422, email at
KP.PEW@Stanford.Bitnet or by mail c/o Educational Futures, School of
Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3096.

To:  EDPOLYAN@ASUACAD.BITNET, HOLMES@OHSTVMA.BITNET
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From:         Cynthia Ann Miracle <UK07569@UKCC.UKY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Whittle/Channel One
              14 Apr 1992 18:48:12 EST from <CPD247@UKCC.UKY.EDU>

In regards to channel one.  I went to my old high school to do an interview
for a class of mine and saw what they were using the t.v. for that day.
They were watching the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team play during the
NCAA tournment.  However, teachers do like having the t.v.s in their class
rooms because now they don't have to 'check' them out from the library
every time they want to use the t.v. as an educational device.
            Cynthia Miracle
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From:         Scott Adams <SADAMS@PURCCVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Channel One

The numbers in question are total expenditures for the district during
the time of July 1987 to June 1991.
Sorry for the omission!
Peace & Smiles,
Scott Adams
SADAMS@PURCCVM
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From:         FKELLE@SUVM.BITNET
Subject:      Students of Critical Pedagogy
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              edpolyan@asuacad.BITNET, holmes@ohstvma.BITNET,
              erl-l@vm.tcs.tulane.edu

I'm throwing out a wide net, hoping to surface contacts and/or networks
of students of critical pedagogy (broadly defined); this could include
reflective teaching, transformative education, peace education,
education for non-violent conflict resolution, cooperative education,
multicultural education or education for participatory democracy.  I am
a fourth year doctoral student who is looking for other students who are
already part of a telecommunications network or want to begin one to
discuss issues, problems, bibliographies, ideas, strategies,
conferences, etc.

I will be going to AERA, but will not arrive until after two graduate
student receptions, including the Educational Futures reception.  I will
be presenting a paper, along with fellow students, in a symposium on
Wednesday, 12:25-1:55, Hilton, Marin, 4th Floor.

Does anyone have any advice to give me about how to network with other
students of critical pedagogy at AERA and beyond?  Thanks!!!

Fay Kelle
Cultural Foundations of Education and Curriculum
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
(315) 443-3343
FKELLE@suvm.bitnet
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From:         MUFFOLETTO@ISCSVAX.UNI.EDU
Subject:      Re: Semiotics SIG at AERA

Hi Garry,

Your invite sounds pretty "emblematic" to me...

take care.. bob muffoletto
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From:         MUFFOLETTO@ISCSVAX.UNI.EDU
Subject:      Re: Channel One continued....

If any one of the Channel 1 group is going to Bergamo this fall I'd
be interested in proposing a panel on channel 1.. let me know

bob muffoletto

muffoletto@uni.edu
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Date:         Tue, 14 Apr 1992 10:00:27 EDT
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From:         JFCOVALE@SUVM.BITNET

RE:      Effects of Middle Schools

The conventional wisdom is that the changes to more child- and development-
centered educational techniques and structures (e.g., team teaching, home
clusters, interdisciplinary teaching) results in "Better" education for
the middle grade child.  And it certainly seems that the conventional wisdom
should be right.  Does anyone know of any "evidence" that it is?

Are there any studies out there which attempt to compare the effects of the
kinds of education we have come to associate with "middle schools" v the
more curriculum cnetered "jr high school?"

I am not sure exacltly how one defines "middle school" the "educational
practices" that belong there, but not in "junior high schools," or even
what "better" means"!  How's that for a well framed question?  Are there
studies which demonstrate any difference in effect on children (any effect)
compared to more traditional junior high school approaches?

Unless there is an interest in this subject generally on this list, please
respond privately.  I will post a summary of what comes my way.

Thanks to all!


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Date:         Fri, 17 Apr 1992 10:05:56 MST
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From:         ATGVG@ASUACAD.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Univ. Credit for Life Expr.

    Tom Green's comments on college credit for life experiences (Les
 McLean's topic of a few weeks back) were well put. They made me realize
 why I have a midly negative reaction to the whole notion that
 college administrators should be sitting around deliberating the number
 of hours credit to be awarded for having one's foot blown off in Vietnam
 or for suffering through two years in the Brazilian rain forest as a Peace
 Corps volunteer.
    To consider awarding credit for "life experiences" underlines the two
 functions played by the university (not distinct from other schools, I
 might add). We educate and we license. Regrettably, we are much better at
 the latter than the former. Indeed, there is much that can be said about
 our role as the certifier that is unflattering. We sort people, we track
 them, then we turn them loose with a license that gives them hunting rights
 on their fellow human beings (was it Shaw who said that every profession
 was a conspiracy against the common man?
    If one's goal is merely to educate, then the question of "credit" for
 having lived never arises. If, however, our purpose is to dispense state
 sanctioned franchises to persons who have earned the requisite number of
 hours credit, then such questions as the credit value of life arise.
    Please, don't anyone reply and ask me if I think that competency tests
 for college graduation would make both me and the licensers happy.

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From:         Les McLean <ADMINLM@UTOROISE.BITNET>
Subject:      S. Adams and Channel One/Whittle

  Welcome Sam Adams.  Good of you to offer to share your interesting study of
adoption of controversial innovation in Indiana.  I'm sure that Channel One
is a household word in Bloomington and beyond, but the EDPOLYAN listserv is
very far reaching, and some of us have not heard of it.  In particular, why
is it a controversial innovation?  Apart from that quibble, my interest in
your study is substantive.  You could look into adoption of early French
Immersion programs by school districts in Canada, and a few early Spanish
programs in the USA, but I doubt you should cast your net that far for a
Master's thesis.  If you will take the time to share, here's my list:
   1. Who were your inspirations in constructing your questionnaire?
(Miles, Huberman, Fullan--the 'change agent' crowd? ... administration
gurus? ... policy pundits?)  How did you decide what to stress?
   2. Is the framework standing up to guide your analysis?  What have you
learned that is new from the follow-up interviews about what you should
have asked in the questionnaire--or should not have asked?
   3. A very high proportion returned your questionnaire.  How did you
manage it?

It might be nice to have two or three screen's on background and
methodology, followed at a later date by the same on findings.  Write a
journal article and offer it to the listserv management for posting as a
file.  We are all just learning how to exploit this new medium.
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From:         MUFFOLETTO@ISCSVAX.UNI.EDU
Subject:      Re: Whittle/Channel One

I'd like to read what you have...


Bob Muffoletto
U of N.Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50613

internet: muffoletto@uni.edu

thanks..bob
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From:         Scott Adams <SADAMS@PURCCVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Channel One/Whittle

Hi,
I am a new subscriber.... Here's my introduction. I am a masters student
at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. My thesis topic is "How do school
boards go about adopting controversial innovations?" To look at this, I am
using Whittle Communications and their introduction of Channel One into
Indiana as a case study. I have sent mailed surveys to 295 school systems in
the state and got an 81% rate of return. (n=240). I have also gotten finished
with 40 followup telephone interviews with superintendants as well.
I am willing to share some summaries of what I have done. Has anyone else
looked at Channel One?
Peace & Smiles,
Scott Adams
Department of Communication
Purdue University
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From:         Anne Pemberton <apembert@NCPS.VAK12ED.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Channel One/Whittle
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              Apr 14, 92 10:13 am

Gee, every morning I look at Channel One, then look around at
my homeroom of 17 rather disinterested 10th graders. Usually
they talk, do homework, etc. during the broadcast. When Magic
Johnson spoke about having AIDS the first time, they listened.
When that announcement was followed by several episodes
dedicated to discussing AIDS, prevention as well as the
heartbreak of the victims, they stopped paying attention. While
the daily news programs are well done, and seem aimed at teens,
the kids are not very interessted in the programs.

The biggest problem is that the promise of equipment has some
annoying strings. Initially, the understanding was that all
classrooms would be equipped with the equipment, but later
choices had to be made, and not all classrooms got the stuff -
just a certain number based on last year's enrollment. Our
numbers went up unexpectedly this year (lots of folks who went
to the cities for fame and fortune end up back home in a
recession) It is one more necessary nuisance to do the room
swapping necessary to get all the kids in front of the TV's as
expected in the contract.

Anne Pemberton
 Nottoway High School
 Nottoway, VA
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From:         "Jim Swanson, Lenoir-Rhyne College" <swanson@ALICE.LRC.EDU>
Subject:      RE: ooops
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--> Apologies to SCOTT Adams (not Sam--he was president, not so?) [...]

No, I think it was one or two of the OTHER Adams boys... 8-|)>

	Jim S.
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