Describes Book Bridges, a community-based family literacy program which aims to increase literacy for parents and children through composing and sharing family stories. Discusses how immigrant mothers' experiences in a reading workshop, writing workshop, and literature circles combined to support the development of English literacy, personal…

After attempting to correct misconceptions about philosophy, explains several reasons why philosophy should be taught to children, noting that philosophy teaches people to think effectively. Outlines several reasons why "Philosophy for Children," a program created by Lipman, should be used to teach philosophy to young children. (BC)

Describes an instructional program developed for children with severe disabilities. Discusses how the combined use of technology and child-centered instruction resulted in the active participation of these severely disabled students in reading and writing activities. (SR)

Argues that literacy in the United States, more than an educational concern, is a powerful sociopolitical force. Describes many definitions of "literacy" from different contexts, including political and educational. Explains the origins of the OLRC (Ohio Literacy Resource Center). Concludes that in just one year of operation, the OLRC…

Describes a Vermont elementary school's transformation into a computerized learning center, thanks to a $1.1 million grant from a former state senator. After choosing appropriate hardware, an 11-member technology committee initiated teacher training, appointed a full-time technology facilitator, and set learning goals for students. Beneficial…

Describes program encouraging undergraduate women to pursue a career in the sciences. It offered a two-week residential workshop followed by two one-day workshops on appropriate subjects. Each student selected at least one of the scientists from the original workshop to serve as an ongoing mentor. Discusses the program's organization and possible…

Describes eight Head Start programs on the outer Pacific Islands and their unique adaptation of Head Start. Describes the "Beyond the Horizon Project," a satellite-transmitted learning program for Head Start staff and parents, the result of which is that each Head Start grantee is following an individual improvement plan based on…

Provides rationale, purpose, and content of environmental education degree programs at Tufts University including courses of study for undergraduate majors, graduate offerings, community outreach activities, and foreign exchange programs. Contact information is also included. (JJK)

Describes the varieties of "Writing Fellows" (curriculum-based peer tutoring) programs. Provides help for starting such programs. Presents results of a survey of WF programs. Offers observations based on the experiences of the director of a six-year-old Writing Fellows program. (RS)

Discusses outcome-based education as it has affected a high school district in Illinois. Discusses how journalism students could validate most of the required "general learner outcomes" through journalism courses and publications experiences alone. (SR)

Describes the school schedule used at Kirkwood High School in Missouri, in which six classes a day meet on a seven-hour schedule in a rotating seven-day cycle. Describes how this schedule meshes with the newspaper and yearbook classes. (SR)

Describes a successful experiment in an Idaho school district in which all middle and high school students were divided into "families," intended to prevent social, academic, and behavioral problems. (SR)

Offers 10 brief contributions exploring the authors' own experiences with schooling and social differences; probing the connections among schooling, social difference, and conflict; describing programs; and reviewing books for adolescents. (SR)

Discusses the concept of "partner schools," which reconceptualize teacher education around a model of exemplary "practice" or "teaching" schools linking colleges of education and school districts in the simultaneous reform of teacher preparation and schooling. (RS)

Discusses the role that feminist issues played in a summer institute at the Literature Institute for Teachers and the role of feminist theory in teacher education. Shares thoughts about the role of feminist theory in the classroom. (MG)