The purpose of this paper is the exploration of various issues surrounding the ongoing development of the drama/performing arts program at Harris County High School in Hamilton, Georgia. Eventually, the information collected will be assimilated into a dissertation at Auburn University. For this segment of the study, a literature review was…

Author describes the Cooperative Urban Teacher Education Program (CUTE), developed by the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory in Kansas City, Missouri, to prepare effective teachers for inner city schools. (CB)

The Cooperative Education Service Agency, Atlanta, Georgia, discussed in this article, focuses on making staff development activities not only available, but meaningful and relevant. (Author/CB)

Purposes of this program are to improve job opportunities for Spanish-speaking students and to help transmit an understanding between the two cultures by developing heritage appreciation and by applying the best of both cultures to the world of work. (Author)

Describes three phases of a career education program developed for K-14 in Wyoming. (JS)

A graduate teaching assistantship should be regarded as an apprenticeship. There should be close supervision in a supportive atmosphere during the earlier stages of training. The apprentices can be granted increased autonomy as they gain teaching experience and demonstrate competence. A program established by a sociology graduate department is…

Discusses establishment of a community program designed to provide intervention services, support and education for the dying, their families, and the community. Included is a brief history, the nature of the program, problems related to community acceptance, and the current status and future of the program. (Author/JAC)

An enrichment class for gifted students (grades four-six) sponsored a townwide convocation in which students were teamed into minicompanies, asked to devise a plan to make and sell a game, and exposed to business and industry resource people. Planning for the day took place over a seven-month period. (CL)

Demonstrates how one community family life education agency deals with pressures for and against sex education, describing the agency's philosophy and curriculum and providing suggestions for strategic planning. (MP)

Describes the planning and activities of a two-day exchange program between urban and rural students. Includes 13 responses from a student developed poll administered before the exchange took place. (JN)

An intensive parenting program has significantly increased parent contact with the faculty and counselors at the Marvin Pittman School on the Georgia Southern College Campus. (Author/JC)

Describes the development of a community college journalism curriculum that, among other accomplishments, increased course offerings from nine to 19 hours and moved from the English program to a separate mass communications division. (AEA)