The Juvenile Intervention Program utilizes the principles of family involvement and peer pressure throughout the program, while the basis of the program involves the education of the participants in such areas as family architecture, family communication patterns and drug knowledge. (Author)

One of the most pressing problems in California secondary schools revolves around the scarcity of options for those young people labelled as "troublesome" for a variety of minor but infuriatingly difficult adjustment problems. In the Pomona Unified School District, Fremont Junior High School has developed an alternative program to combat…

Describes and evaluates a graduate history program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, which prepares students for careers in local and state government. Feedback from students, government agencies, and corporations participating in the program has been generally positive. (Author/DB)

Describes a project that attempts to evaluate the objectives of five differing preschool models in five schools in the Mount Druitt area of Sydney. Also examines senior student role conflict using an analysis of student perceptions of their actual and ideal behaviors along with the role expectations set by group members. (Author/RK)

Describes Projects PRICE's (Programming Retarded in Career Education) inservice training program (which has been field tested and evaluated) for school districts, designed to train various types of school personnel, parents, community agency workers, and employers to provide mildly retarded students more relevant instruction and supportive…

Four students at St. Louis University High School developed a project to clean up the environment while saving energy and natural resources. Aluminum and steel cans were recycled and the money was used to buy and plant trees. Students learned about recycling, organization, money management, and improving the environment. (JMM)

Describes DePauw University's program of speaking and listening across the curriculum. (MS)

Provides an overview of the School of Law and Government currently housed at the magnet school, Jefferson High School (Rochester, NY). Describes a quasi-experimental study of the program's effectiveness, results of which have been used to revise the curriculum and support needed staff development. (JDH)

A technique in which feedback is provided on videotaped performances to teach interview and examination skills in a pediatric clerkship was evaluated with a single-blind, controlled study. Students who received critiques from their preceptors performed significantly better than did those who had self-guided critiques. (Author/MLW)

Eastern Michigan University's opportunity program for underprepared students, called the Promote Academic Survival and Success (PASS) program, is described. The improvement of the students' reading and writing skills was emphasized. This was seen as the most direct way for the students' to achieve academic competence and self-integration. (MLW)

In a built environment program, parts of the community are brought right into the classroom for detailed study, and all activities are related to the specific characteristics of the local environment. A built environment project for primary schools in British Columbia is described and evaluated. (RM)

Evaluation criteria and methodology applied in the assessment of risk associated with developing large communications networks are reviewed based on the experience of Virginia Tech. Experience derived from the development of the broadband-technology-based local area network and the results of the evaluation of the state of digital switch…

With 138 sites nationwide and over 70,000 teachers participating each year, the National Writing Project offers readily available opportunity for improved writing instruction. Essentially a staff-development program, the project is based on the belief that the key agent in educational change is the teacher. (Author/MLW)

The Metropolitan Area Schools Project offers a model of collaboration built up from the expressed needs of the constituencies it is designed to serve. The project focuses on the improvement of inner-city math and science education. The Project developers' role of broker is described. (Author/MLW)

The strategic planning effort as well as the organizational structure used for network integration into college classroom, office, and research activities are discussed. A critique for enhanced replication in subsequent phases or similar undertakings is provided. (Author/MLW)