Knowing and contacting your congressman is an important part of every educator's efforts to influence legislation and to be politically alert, writes the author, but also important is knowing how the federal agencies most closely related to education are organized and operate. He gives a bird's eye view here. (Editor)

Describes the operation and effectiveness of the Alternative Learning Center program administered by James Madison Memorial High School in Madison (Wisconsin). The center permits the school to remove students committing breaches of school discipline from their classes without removing them from the educational environment altogether. (PGD)

Suggests that individual students' learning styles should determine counseling techniques and strategies used and recommends use of the Learning Style Inventory for this purpose. Tables present learning style compatibility with selected counseling objectives, interventions, and programmed materials related to learning styles. (WD)

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)

Argues for offering service opportunities to youth in the community through participatory programs that teach them to care for others. (LD)

Argues that the key to a successful individualized program lies in the teacher's attitude toward each student. Discusses some characteristics of good and bad individualized programs. (Author/JG)

Describes the most easily achieved and most difficult to achieve aspects of the model, along with what was possible only for some schools, and what was most disillusioning to the leaders. (IRT)

Local interagency transition councils have been deemed the appropriate vehicle for planning and implementing transition services for students with disabilities. A recent evaluation of Florida's system disclosed that students and businesses are underrepresented on transition councils. Districts developing transition programs without interagency…

During 1992, the American College Testing Program (ACT) attempted to develop a collaborative portfolio model to support both the classroom and the need for information about student capabilities. The program was pilot-tested in 7 high schools; during the 1995-96 academic year, 20 high schools will be involved in a field test. (MLH)

A middle-school teacher gave up a successful pullout program for reluctant readers when appointed as an educational resource teacher. ERT does not exclude reluctant readers and allows all students to engage in numerous learning opportunities and activities. Teachers get support to incorporate reading and writing strategies across disciplines. (MLH)

Reviewing the history of Advanced Placement, this writer discusses the pro's and con's of a program that offers a school many advantages but has its problems, too. (Editor)

Article discussed the solution to the problem of answering the critical need for specialized services for children who were not successful in their academic life developed by the staff at Hoover Middle School in Albuquerque, N. M. (Author/RK)

Article is a report on NASSP's Model Schools Project that includes statements by a teacher, a student, and the principal of one of the MSP schools. (Editor)

The internship program at Texas A & M University structures a program that blends state certification requirements with the needs and aspirations of the student. (Author/MLF)

Describes an internship program for preparing principals that has been in operation in Indiana since 1971. (IRT)