The National Association of Governors' Highway Safety Representatives (NAGHSR), with funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), pilot tested a comprehensive underage drinking prevention program in a number of communities across the country. In 1995, NAGHSR launched the effort in five communities, which received…

Children who lack health insurance do not have access to preventive care, placing them at greater risk of serious illness. This special report of the Voices for Illinois Children describes federal and state efforts to address the problem of uninsured children and issues that will need to be monitored as Illinois begins to help children access…

This document provides information about the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP). UCSMP began by examining the curricula of other countries for proven ideas and methods, creating textbooks and training programs at both the elementary and secondary level, and engaging in extensive evaluations of its own work. This publication…

The oral histories of the Federal Writers' Project, begun in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), contain the personal stories of people who lived during the Great Depression. A brief history of the project is presented and the interviews are discussed. (RM)

A learning disabilities program at the American Community School in Athens, Greece followed the procedures established by P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The 12 children (grades two through four) participating exhibited statistically significant growth in most academic and perceptual areas. The model was inexpensive as…

Provides an overview of child care through description of (1) a nursery managed by a neighborhood group in charge of community affairs and intended for children under three and (2) a kindergarten run by a municipality for children between three and six and one-half. (RH)

Offers examples of recent work in the use of computer technology to teach writing. (Available from: Modern Learning Publishers, Inc., 6517 Liggett, Oakland, CA 94611, $14.) (AEA)

Reports on the New Mexico Humanities Newspaper Project through which state scholars become newspaper contributors. (HOD)

The Art Enrichment Program for intermediate-grade gifted students, developed at the University of Texas, bases its core and curriculum on museum exhibitions. The author describes various program components, including selection of students, program activities, the special sketchbook, publications used for the program, program cost, and program…

The Potentially Able Learner's Program in Rockford, Illinois, is a centralized gifted program for students (K-6). The program features self-contained grade-level groupings and emphasis on parent involvement. Evaluation is gathered through achievement testing, parent questionnaires, and student self-report. (CL)

The Magnolia Speech School for the Deaf (Jackson, Mississippi) provides an intensive reading program for five preschool children. The program consists of four areas: the story reading session, primer reading, vocabulary development, and phonics. (SB)

Trainable mentally retarded students (15 to 18 years old) participated in a program of meal preparation instruction which featured establishing menus, determining their nutrition values, shopping, storing the groceries, and preparing the meals. (CL)

Describes rationale and framework for the psychology program at Loyola University, Chicago. The two major components of the curriculum are a core consisting of basic perspectives, phenomena and methods and a variety of special interest areas that students can pursue in depth. (Author/DB)

The authors analyze the individual elements of a curriculum at the Lexington School for the Deaf (Jackson Heights, New York) in terms of who is being taught, how the staff organizes its teaching, and what should be taught. (SB)

Eight states maintain Governors' Honors Programs for gifted and talented students. Programs in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia are briefly described in terms of content, location, and selection processes. The programs are seen as an important way to augment programing for gifted…