Some American schools are providing students with conflict resolution skills as part of their education. Three elementary and secondary school mediation programs in Hawaii, New York, and California that help youngsters solve their own problems are described. (RM)

Reviews the development of the experience-based career education (EBCE) model; describes the development of the EBCE project at Murphy High School in Mobile, Alabama; presents the results of the project; and discusses insights gained from it. (JOW)

The Training Center conducted three nine hour drug education workshops for selected staff of a large industrial concern of the Northwest. The workshop experience and the data generated during the workshop suggest the usefulness of such non-school drug education programs. (Author)

That's what's in store for youth at the Kansas Boys Industrial School, thanks to an innovative residential treatment program. (Editor)

Considerable concern is focused today on whether the twelfth grade program meets the needs of today's students. Cites some reasons for the concern and some actions that can be taken to overcome it. (Editor)

Examines "The Waltons" television series in terms of the questions about family relations and industrial society it raises in the minds of the viewing auidence. (MH)

The Wisconsin Birth to 3 Program is a comprehensive, statewide system of community-based, family-centered services for young children and their families. This annual report of the Governor's Birth to 3 Interagency Coordinating Council details activities of the Wisconsin Birth to 3 Program for the period October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998…

In 1993, the Connecticut State Department of Education received federal support for the activities of nine existing Family Resource Centers (FRC) and for funding new FRCs. The FRCs were based on the premise that many childhood and adolescent problems can be prevented by strengthening effective family management practices and establishing a…

Describes a public school program for educating 5-year-olds that emphasizes the children before the subject matter, looks at how and what the children learn rather than how and what the teachers teach, creates more open classrooms, fosters interaction within the school and between school and community, and achieves a greater commonality of purpose…

The anthropology materials, designed for ninth and tenth grade students and focusing on understanding of human behavior through acquisition of scientific investigation, are assessed. (SM)

Paper describes the organization of a program established by Intermediate School District 101, State of Washington, involving thirteen rural school districts during the second semester of 1971. (CB)

A report by the ERIC Clearinghouse at the National Council of Teachers of English. (RD)