For getting high-grade education economically into remote hard-to-reach places, it's well nigh impossible to match satellite technology. (Editor)

Teachers who are going to coach need to know at least a few basic concepts of preparing teams for competition. Otherwise students are going to be shortchanged. Some guidelines for effective coaching procedures are discussed. (Author/RK)

Symposium One gave students an excellent opportunity to join in lively seminars with individuals representing a diversity of career patterns, ages, life styles and vocational choices. In this way students became more critical, more autonomous, and more adult. (Author/RK)

Author argues that the spirit of open inquiry needed in science work is being sacrificed to school success. (Editor/RK)

Authors suggested ways for high school band members to gain the exposure, the experience, and the education to help them develop an aesthetic posture--critical, thoughtful interaction with music. (Author/RK)

This article describes Special Arts Projects in South Carolina, New Mexico, and Kentucky and is the first of several articles that will show how federal funds are being used to support the arts in our schools. (Editor/RK)

This article describes the goals and programs of the Center for Student Development (Kansas State University), an interdisciplinary center for dispensement of student developmental services. (Author/HMV)

The whys and wherefores of organizing student development centers are presented in this article. (HMV)

The Fine Arts--Music, Dance, Theater Arts, Visual Arts--Standards of Learning are part of Virginia's efforts to provide challenging educational programs in the public schools. Knowledge and skills that students acquire through Fine Arts instruction include the ability to think critically, solve problems creatively, make informed judgments, work…

This paper reports on critical Action Research into the scientific literacy of secondary school students, as evidenced in student Reflective Dialogue Journals. Focussed on one secondary school classroom located in Brisbane, Australia, the research draws on literature concerned with writing and its use across the curriculum, particularly as this…

This guide addresses how to both ask for and write letters of recommendations. To ask for a letter of recommendation is to ask for a favor, thus requests should be courteous and unassuming. An appointment to request a letter in person should be made at the professor's convenience, at least a month ahead of the recommendation deadline. If at a…

A "New American High School" is a place that prepares students for a global, knowledge-based economy, helping them to be effective citizens, parents, and workers. Case histories are provided for 10 high schools that received awards for instructional innovation. These schools were chosen by the United States Department of Education and…

This book for students contemplating medical school and medical students in postgraduate training is based on in-depth interviews with medical students at various stages of training. Each chapter also includes insights on the chapter topic by Bernard Virshup. Chapters address the following topics: (1) anticipation--the need for realistic…

This document details the planning process and briefly discusses the experiences of faculty and students in two distinct paired-course learning communities at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania). One learning community paired a critical reading course with principles of sociology, while the other paired a freshmen composition…

The focus of these four issues of a quarterly journal on gifted children is on the total child, gifted girls, asynchrony, and teaching teachers. Each issue also includes columns on parents, the Internet, home schooling, software reviews, and recommended books. Major articles include the following: "A Circle of Friends: The Nature and Nurture of…