English departments are under pressure to make their course offerings relate more closely to vocational programs. Author explains why he thinks it would be a mistake to submit to these pressures. (Author/RK)

Explains how to implement cooperative learning in the classroom and reasons for doing so. The process involves students working in pairs or small groups to achieve a common goal with the teacher monitoring group activity. Concludes that cooperative learning promotes the academic, social, and emotional growth of students. (DMM)

In this brief article author reflected on what type of education would produce not only just persons, but also individuals interested in working for a world community. (Author/RK)

Article discussed seven steps that constitute the process of liberating education and that offer a framework in which to reflect on the call of the Synod of Bishops in 1971. (Author/RK)

Students involved in a science fair each spring learned their science through projects designed to prepare them for thr future. (RK)

Describes the award-winning English curriculum of Monroe Catholic High School in Fairbanks, Alaska, which provides progressive movement through grammar, reading, writing, and study skills, while developing students' self-confidence and awareness of their role in the world. (DMM)

Describes the College of St. Teresa's peace and justice education activities, including a weekly soup line, sponsorship of a Bread for the World chapter, student volunteer work, academic courses, pastoral team work, an Education for Peace and Justice Resource Center, Peace and Justice Days, and conferences. (LAL)

Describes the peace-oriented instructional materials and classroom activities developed by Pat Feller for use in her sixth-grade class. Discusses the adoption of these techniques in another Oregon Catholic school. (LAL)

Describes Bishop Hannan High School's (Pennsylvania) retreat program, in which students learn to develop a spiritual element in their lives. Discusses the theme, "The Bread of Life," and how the process of baking bread for communion helped unite and nourish students. Reports that, through a variety of fellowship activities, students gained a sense…

Article described a program that successfully allowed for students' individual differences while stimulating them to learn mathematics. (RK)

Reviews the work of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in development education, which focuses on the development of the child as a participant in a changing world. Describes resources for development education produced by the United Nations Children's Fund. (LAL)

Education in its root meaning refers to the process of "drawing out" from the person that special uniqueness that is there. Given the different settings of family and school, what each knows about a child is often slightly different. A sharing of their perceptions can be extremely valuable to both. (Author/SJL)

An ethnic studies program, developed at St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic School in Parma, Ohio, was developed in order to instill in students an appreciation of the Byzantine Ukrainian Catholic rite, the Ukrainian language, and the uniqueness of their cultural heritage. (Author/RK)

Suggests that accountability in religious education is limited to the attainment of precise agreed-upon objectives. Recommends that students participate in the process of specifying objectives and that teachers state objectives in terms of measurable student outcomes. (DMM)

Asserts that by educating young people and by setting an example, teachers and schools can play a significant part in the important crusade to eliminate sweatshops. Reports on what schools, businesses, and others are doing in this crusade. Puts forth ideas for how Catholic schools and the individual can help. (VWC)