The University of Delaware has a zero-tolerance policy for anything remotely resembling "hate speech." As such, the school implemented a mandatory training for all 7,000-odd students in its dorms. The sessions were part of a thorough thought-reform curriculum, designed by the school's Office of Residence Life, psychologically to…

Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Project Green Reach (PGR) is a children's program that has offered garden-based youth education since 1990. PGR focuses on Grade K-8 students and teachers from local Title I schools who work in teams on garden and science projects. In this exploratory study, the authors used field observations, document analysis, and past…

Project EXCITE is a program for minority students that supplements the regular school offerings with an emphasis on enhancing students' interest and performance in math and science. This study examines the experience and perceptions of 14 student participants in the program and their parents. In student and parent interviews, Project EXCITE was…

Low-achieving readers in Grade 5 often lack comprehension strategies, domain knowledge, word recognition skills, fluency, and motivation to read. Students with such multiple reading needs seem likely to benefit from instruction that supports each of these reading processes. The authors tested this expectation experimentally by comparing the…

Professors from American University and artists and educators from Imagination Stage, a children's theater and arts-education organization in nearby Bethesda, Maryland, have combined their intellectual and artistic strengths over the past 12 years to create an arts-integrated educational program for elementary and secondary schools throughout the…

The experience of the internal audit division of a large wholesale bank demonstrates how managers can help their employees translate their potential into reality. The resulting gain in personal competence not only furthers individual careers, but also creates incentives for employees to assist the organization in attaining its objectives.…

The importance of indexing theory is stressed. This paper examines the theory building efforts and describes the work of Jonker, Heilprin, Landry, and Salton. (KP)

Highlights several approaches to individualized instruction. (AA)

A brief description of six new educational programs being broadcast by the BBC. (AK)

The Director of Educational Programmes describes the use of the television in the Cuban educational system and presents some of the positive results" obtained after two years of Broadcasting. (AA)

A brief description of how educational television was established in Israel and of its present programing and future plans. (AK)