A teacher of middle school gifted students describes the development of an apprentice program in which students learned from community mentors. Students set personal goals and kept journals on their thoughts and feelings. Several journal excerpts are included. (CL)

Describes the arrangements that allowed the Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee to hire school buses to rescue the transportation system at the winter games in Lake Placid (New York). (IRT)

Discusses the Consortium for Lifelong Learning in Arizona through Instructional Media, Inc. (CLAIM), a voluntary consortium of a wide range of agencies involved in adult education of all kinds brought together in a state network to share costs. (Author/IRT)

The computer assisted instruction (CAI) center at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind is described in terms of scheduling; monitoring of student progress in mathematics, language, and reading; comparing student achievement; and funding. (CL)

Describes an insurance company's development of an assertiveness training course for managers, supervisors, and clerical staff. (CSS)

The Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, South Carolina, finds an after-school detention program and a student supreme court to be successful in handling discipline problems. (JM)

Describes the economics curriculum developed in the Rochester (Minnesota) Public Schools. The curriculum was developed with the aid of the local community and is linked to the community through an advisory committee. Methods of evaluating the curriculum are also discussed. (IRT)

The article describes the Fairview/Eastview Gifted Biophysical Environmental Studies Program, an outdoor education program for third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade gifted students. (SBH)

The article describes how a 60-hour training program helped 32 blind persons use biofeedback techniques to improve blood flow to arms, hands, legs, and feet (especially important for diabetics), and to reduce anxiety through relaxation. (Author)

The SOREFI (Social-Recreation-Fitness) program was developed to prevent overuse and misuse of outpatient physical therapy by disabld persons. SOREFI was designed to wean the chronic patient from unnecessary therapies by helping to identify and then meet the needs by more appropriate means. (CL)

Describes an experimental effort in in-service administrator education that evolved from the literature on change and developed to meet the particular needs of the Swedish educational system. (Author/IRT)

Briefly describes the New Orleans schools' computer-managed instruction in mathematics and language arts in the junior and senior high schools. (IRT)

Internal management development programs are effective especially for teaching management skills to women because of women's position on the learning curve. (Author)

Explains how school systems can qualify for assistance under the National Energy Policy Conservation Act, which provides federal funds to those districts and institutions (schools and hospitals) that are willing to take energy conservation measures. (Author/IRT)

Six problems in developing effective career education programs for gifted, creative, and talented children are identified and possible solutions are presented. (PHR)