This article proposes six "quality" indicators of assessment practices with culturally and linguistically diverse students, including: (1) examination of opportunity to learn; (2) involvement of parents or caretakers; (3) use of trained interpreters; (4) nonreliance on psychometrics; (5) use of a multidisciplinary team; and (6) use of informed…

Guidelines for providing appropriate education to hospitalized children are offered, based on 1994 standards developed by the British Government. Four case studies illustrate the variety of student needs and hospital settings. (DB)

This article reviews topics concerning the transition of students with learning disabilities into the work setting, including: definition of learning disabilities, relevant federal legislation, importance of transition planning, "best practices" in transition planning and programming, special problems in working with students who have learning…

The National Paideia Center in Greensboro (North Carolina) trains teachers in learner-centered instruction. The Paideia teacher uses three techniques in a complementary cycle of instruction, integrating didactic sessions with well planned seminars and product-oriented, coached activities and projects. Three teachers describe how the Paideia…

Presents an emerging model for effective teaching of adults and adolescents in multiple religious settings that provides caring contexts where participation, growth, transformation, and insights occur for teacher and learner when sharing their faith with critical reflection. Offers a class dialogue that illustrates the model. (CMK)

Relates how elementary students tend to behave differently in the art classroom than in the content area classrooms. Addresses how art teachers can develop the appropriate skills to promote classroom management in the art classroom. Provides 12 classroom management hints. (CMK)

While remaining alert to worthwhile new initiatives, schools must remember that promising practices by themselves are unlikely to make much sustained impact. Good practice must be integrated into a whole-school effort to build coherence and overcome fragmentation. In schools that can do this, and keep a constant focus on student learning,…

Explains that, with the exception of the "classical" textbook, there are no studies addressing the learning materials and media used by secondary school teachers. Presents results concerning the person- or subject-immanent circumstances under which teachers complement or replace the textbook in both planning and performance. (Author/CMK)

Explains that music teachers can hamper student creativity in music composition by restricting assignments. States that teachers should assign only one parameter, focusing on a broad overarching idea. Provides examples of enabling parameters. Addresses the teacher's response to student work and nurturing musical independence. (CMK)

Considers the student behavioral problems that afflicted colleges in the Early Republic and the solutions college authorities ultimately enforced. Highlights the struggles to combat student disorder at the University of Pennsylvania, in particular the role of Provost Frederic Beasley, and focuses on the growth of meritocracy. (CMK)

Explores the values orientations that teachers bring with them to their tasks and addresses values and beliefs in education. Describes the Finding A Way (FAW) project and teachers' responses to an exercise that focused on the concept of white privilege. Considers implications for instruction and classroom practices. (CMK)

Introduces the symposium articles originally offered during a panel discussion, "Teaching Race and Racism in Geography: Classroom and Curriculum Perspectives," that convened at the 1998 Boston (Massachusetts) meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Draws upon several passages from James Baldwin. (CMK)

Presents the findings of a study that was designed to determine approaches to the content of correctional-upbringing work with limited-ability children of preschool age. Considers aspects of correctional-upbringing work with preschool age children who have abnormalities in mental development. (CMK)

Illustrates an optimistic view of music education focusing on: (1) the use of a more constructionistic philosophy; (2) the use of music technology to teach music more effectively to a wider audience; and (3) a more considered approach to assessment that includes both traditional and less-traditional ways for students to demonstrate understanding.…

Describes design and the design process. Relates design to "A Nation at Risk"; "Goals 2000: Educate America Act"; the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills; the "Voluntary National Content and Performance Standards"; and "New Performance Standards." Discusses the role of art teachers in the adoption of design-based approaches. (CMK)