A geographer and a teacher present 12 "action packs" to show you how to obtain your goals for geography instruction. (Editor/RK)

At Sunset Ridge School in Northfield, Illinois, fourth- and fifth-graders use their new awareness of bicycle safety for developing their drawing and design orientation. (RK)

Describes the recent SAUCER Project at Edith Cowan University which was designed to answer questions such as what mathematics should really be taught, and what mathematics adults actually do in everyday life. (ASK)

In this article, the author describes the "Get on the Bus" program and how it was instituted in high school. The program aims to snag students with the feel of a college campus. Since high school is not sufficient for success in the society, the high school faculty agreed to send at least 90% of each graduating class on to further education.…

This paper provides a critical analysis of the National Bilingual Programme in Colombia. It considers how and why it aims to extend the teaching of "a" foreign language in Primary and Secondary school in 1994, to the teaching of English to an internationally recognized standard in all sectors of education by 2019, while at the same time…

In this article, the authors tell the story of how the Garden Grove Unified School District in California is taking on the challenge of preparing all students for college and skilled careers. Though every student may not plan to attend college, the district has decided that the opportunities made available to students should not depend solely on…

This report presents findings from a rigorous evaluation of the Early Start to Emancipation Preparation (ESTEP)-Tutoring Program in Los Angeles. ESTEP-Tutoring provides up to 50 hours of remedial one-on-one tutoring in reading and math to foster youths ages 14 to 15 who are one to three years behind grade level in either reading or math. The…

This article represents one of a series of Exploratory Units in Art that School Arts will be publishing this year. Using burlap, monk's cloth, felt, muslin, yarn, etc., students learned to create placemats, pot holders, scarves, handbags, pillows, stuffed toys and wall hangings. (Editor/RK)

A graduate program in community sociology designed to train sociologists for nonacademic careers and a projected program of "continuing education" for sociologists already at work in the field are described. The philosophies, components, and interrelationships of these two efforts are detailed. (Author/DE)

Article reviewed a national survey on the attitude of the American public toward the arts and described a program, Artists in Schools, as part of an expansion of the objectives of education in the creative arts. (RK)

Author presented the criteria that he and his fellow art teachers discovered for suggesting the direction education has to take in order to develop a comprehensive program of the arts in the interests of overall good sound education. (Author/RK)

In an attempt to solve the problem of having a distressing number of poor readers approaching graduation, Highland Park High School, Highland Park, Michigan, has put forth positive efforts in alleviating reading deficiencies in its students. The Random House High Intensity Training System, an instructional management system utilizing different…

In order to help high school students obtain a working knowledge of law, a course was designed at the William A. Wirt High School, in Gary, Indiana that provided not only an awareness of the law but also a positive view of law in general. (Author/RK)

Article described Atlantic College wherein an international community of scholars is at work preparing sixth formers to enter higher education and to contribute to understanding between peoples. (Author/RK)

Article presented a long-range account of work which was done to stimulate self-directed change in the educational system operated by the Immaculate Heart Community, in Los Angeles and other towns. (Author/RK)