From: tflavell@pbs.org
Newsgroups: alt.education.distance,k12.ed.special,misc.misc
Subject: The Learning File, Vol. 3
Date: 26 Jan 93 17:10:02 GMT
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA

To: 	Education Liasons, School Media Specialists, School Librarians
Fr:     PBS Elementary/Secondary Service
Subj:	The Learning File, Volume 3
Dt:	January 1993

The Learning File is a resource notebook designed for 
professionals who advocate, produce, distribute, or utilize 
instructional television and related technologies to meet the 
learning needs of children and youth.  The purpose of The 
Learning File is to share information that promotes 
effective use of instructional media.  It is a collection of 
print resources, including data from research studies, 
reports about exemplary programs, articles by national 
leaders and local practitioners, original PBS research, updates on the 
future of instructional television funding, success story 
profiles by your colleagues across the country, updates on 
technology projects, and much, much more!

With the renewed emphasis on our educational mission throughout 
public broadcasting, with rapid technological growth and the 
attendant opportunities, and in light of public television's 
commitment to be "more than TV," we try to select some of the 
best information and sort through the ways it might be useful in 
helping you do your job better, especially in the new multi-service 
environment.  We hope that the resources and research will help 
you focus on the educational power of your public television station; 
that the profiles of other stations and organizations will give you 
ideas and inspiration for programs and activities in your community; 
and that the funding and technology sections will give you the means 
to turn your ideas into reality! 

The Learning File, Volume 3, the latest edition consisting of three 
information-packed issues, is now available.  Nonprofit organizations 
(schools, media centers, etc.) may purchase Volume 3, Issues 1,2, & 3, 
for only $100 total!  Commercial organizations and distributors may 
also purchase Volume 3 for $200.  To order The Learning File, Volume 
3, please send a check or purchase order to: PBS E/SS; Attn: Nettie 
Pera; 1320 Braddock Place; Alexandria, VA 22314-1698. Please indicate 
that you are ordering Volume 3.  Volume 3, Issues 1 and 2, including 
the 1992 International Space Year Compendium (a $10 dollar value) will 
be sent as soon a your order is received. Volume 3, Issue 3 will be 
published in April 1993.  PURCHASE ORDERS ARE ACCEPTED. 

Volume 3, Issues 1 and 2, includes the following articles:

PROFILE
"Math...Who Needs It? Contest Promotion." WCEU/Daytona, FL
Education at KCET/Los Angeles
"Alabama Public Television Becomes a Partner in Science Reform"
"Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? At the Malls in Northeast 
Ohio"
Hooked on Books: KCET's Summer Family Literacy Project
Arizona Kids Talk About Arizona Books
Celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage
Readers are Leaders: Heartwarming Campaign Launched by SCETV
WNET/New York Student Arts Festival
WNIN Cable Service

RESEARCH FILE
"Kids Count Report Card Scores Nation and States Low on Performance 
for Children"
Updates from OERI Bulletin
"Executive Summary: Schools Have a Key Role to Play in Nuturing Parent 
Involvement"
Youth Indicators 1991: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth
Emergent Literacy: An Early Reading and Writing Concept
Metropolitan Teacher Survey
Research Findings from R & D Preview: A Preview of the Best Emerging R 
& D Outcomes

EDUFACTS FILE
Quotables
Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics: 
School Year 1991-1992, OERI
Leading Indicators: Assorted Facts and Opinions from Recent Research 
on American Education

READING FILE
"Bert, Ernie and Mister Rogers Tune Preschoolers Into Lifelong 
Learning," PTA TODAY
APA Task Force Explores Television's Positive and Negative Influences 
on Society
"Executive Summary" CIVITAS: A Framework for Civic Education"
"Ready to Learn: A Mandate for the Nation: Carnegie Foundation for the 
Advancement of Teaching Report," excerpt "Television as Teacher"
"Show Me a Story: How to Use Story-Telling to Ignite a Love for 
Reading in Young Learners," Cable in the Classroom
"It's Time to Stop Planning and Start Acting," by Michael Sullivan

RESOURCE FILE
1992 International Space Year: Resource Compendium for Teachers
A Guide to the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education's 
Publications and Material Resources
Center for Media and Values
"101 Ways Parents Can Help Students Achieve"

PROGRAMMING FILE
Barney & Friends, Educational Philosophy and Viewer Services
PBS Summer Schedule Preview
"Listening to America with Bill Moyers"
A Parent's Guide to Public Television
It's Back to School on Public TV
Space Age
Vacation Video: KQED's Summer Children's Outreach Project is Adapted 
Locally in Other Markets
Guidelines for Developing Outreach Components for National Public TV 
Productions

LEGISLATIVE FILE
PBS's Response to Senator Dole's Op-Ed, The Los Angeles Times
APTS's Response to Senator Dole's Op-Ed, The Los Angeles Times
CTW's Response to Senator Dole's Op-Ed, The Los Angeles Times
"Leave Public Broadcasting Alone," Editorial, The Washington Post
"Educational Technology in the Classroom," Testimony Before the U.S. 
Senate Education, Humanities and Arts Subcommittee.

FUNDING FILE
"PBS Task Force Report on Funding"
Pumped Up, Innovative Underwriting at WNET
NASDC Selects 11 Design Teams for Break-the Mold Schools

TECHNOLOGY FILE
Project VSAT: The Pilot
Public Television: The Telecommunications Highway for Education
Descriptive Video Services Receives Major Federal Grants
The National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, Highlights 
of Technology in Use
The Library of Congress' Newset Addition to it's Vision for the 
Future: The National Demonstration Laboratory
Council of Chief State School Officers Releases Publication on 
Learning Technologies
National Distance Learning Center, Clearinghouse for Distance Learning

FYI FILE
"Parent Matters: Parents are Partners in Learning"
Innovative Programming Promotion Ideas for Public TV Stations 

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