In Spokane, Washington, an alcohol education program has developed prevention methods for alcohol abuse by getting the community, the schools and higher education to cooperate. Discusses the program's main components--teacher and community education. (RK)

Describes how a farm program might assist any camp to offer experiential educational opportunities, improve attitudes toward food/nutrition, expand interpersonal relationships, develop work values and responsibility, teach history of food production/hunger. Details program goals, seasonal agricultural work, staffing, tools/equipment, daily…

So that geographers may recognize their achievements and comprehend the present as evolution from the past, there is a need for a history of geography. Study of the past provides a sense of accomplishment. Examples of how geographers are attempting to record their past are provided. (RM)

The visual arts can play an important role in the adolescent's struggle to link the inner world of thoughts and feelings with the outer world of expressive form. The Summer Visual Arts Institute, organized by Boston University for adolescents, is described. (RM)

Describes a program, launched by the New Haven (Connecticut) Public School System, that involved parents, as well as other members of the family, in a variety of activities that promoted reading growth of children. (Author/RK)

Current research emphasizes the importance of the mother tongue in second language teaching. This paper describes a longitudinal project which studies 4 groups of Finnish children in Malmo, Sweden, who are receiving a bilingual education starting from the pre-school. (Editor)

A traditional, authoritarian approach to attendance problems can't work in today's school, this writer believes. He explains a successful attendance program needs to be based on positive reinforcement--making each student feel involved in his own education. The plan described here is flexible enough to satisfy those parents who prefer the…

Here's how one school district selects and trains its potential administrators. (Editor)

An elementary school and a high school get together to their mutual benefit. (Editor)

This article describes Special Arts Projects in South Carolina, New Mexico, and Kentucky and is the first of several articles that will show how federal funds are being used to support the arts in our schools. (Editor/RK)

Under the Canadian Constitution, each province and territory has exclusive jurisdiction over education. This French language publication explains the ABCs of Alberta's school system. The text details Alberta's goals, various levels of responsibility, funding, public and private schooling, academic core and optional programs, home education,…

This study plan outlines the evaluation protocol to be carried out in Ohio's community schools (charter schools). The plan was generated by the state's Legislative Office of Education Oversight, which is required by law to evaluate start-up and conversion community schools in the state. The plan is guided by the following questions: (1) What are…

An evaluation of the Eynsham County Primary School, uses the seven criteria suggested by the Spodek early childhood education analysis framework: assumptions, goals, curriculum, method, style, organization, and effectiveness. (CS)