A week-long special program introduced the students of Northern Cambria High School to their coal-mining heritage and involved members of the coal industry and of the community. (IRT)

Explains how two faculty members at a regional campus of Ohio State University helped guide mature women back to the classroom with a minimum of travail. (Author/IRT)

This article discusses death education and gives an example of an "adopted grandparents" program, where young children adopt the residents of a nursing home and learn about death through honest discussion of their experiences. (MS)

The author explains the use of drama and mime in counseling in the elementary school. (HMV)

Describes how photo identification cards for students are produced and used at Andrews (South Carolina) High School. (JG)

Describes participant reactions to the seminars and some of the program content over the years. (LS)

Looks at swimming lessons as an added dimension to day care and school programs. Swimming lessons can help children relax, achieve confidence, learn to care for themselves, as well as control and relate to water.

The Youth Employment Summit (YES) began as a response to two powerful and ominous global realities. First, youth populations worldwide are burgeoning while employment opportunities for young people are diminishing. The second is the absence of a coordinated, international effort to address the pervasive problems caused by widespread youth…

The purpose of this report is to document the development of the McREL Approach for those interested in school improvement. This document builds upon an earlier intensive site report (McIver & Dean, 2004) and the preliminary McREL Approach report (Dean, 2004). The first section describes the McREL Approach framework, which includes six stages…

This paper reports on the development to date of the numeracy conceptual framework for the Adult Literacy and Lifeskills (ALL) Project. The inclusion of a numeracy scale in the ALL survey offered a significant opportunity to develop a new conceptual framework for adult numeracy. This paper discusses the meaning of numeracy and the notion of…

The purpose of this paper is to summarize an issue instruction environmental education program developed by Harold Hungerford and his associates over the past three decades. The primary focus of the issue instruction program is on the development and application of investigation and evaluation skills to environmental problems and issues. Program…

This paper explores how the 4-H youth development program is based on and conducted in a manner consistent with the philosophy of experiential education and Dewey's (1938) principles of interaction and continuity. The paper presents the history of 4-H relevant to an exploration of Dewey's influence on the program, asserting that it is within the…

This guide contains information about Ohio's independent colleges and universities. It contains: (1) a map of the state's private colleges and universities; (2) "Quick Facts" about Ohio independent higher education; (3) a list of visit days for these institutions; (4) profiles of 53 independent colleges and universities in Ohio. Each…

This resource guide is an alphabetical listing of information on Arizona's universities, colleges, and career schools. It provides a summary of accreditation including institutional and specialized accreditation, a listing of accrediting agencies, general education development, and student financial aid information. This resource guide begins with…