The introduction of mentoring approaches into local career guidance strategies could represent an important method of helping disengaged young people achieve a new sense of direction. The aim of Britain's Mentoring Action Project (MAP) initiative has been to create the opportunity to explore the potential for one-to-one mentoring in career…

Given the many problems that children face, it is imperative that they be taught coping skills. To aid in this effort, a comprehensive curriculum to help youngsters learn positive mental health concepts is presented here. It contains 90 activities which have been field tested. For each pair of grades (1/2, 3/4, 5/6) activities are grouped into…

A method of preventing attrition in high school and college therapy groups emphasizes realistic goals. A personal commitment form allows students to choose their own goals and suggests how the group could help. Records show that with this method, the attrition rate dropped from 25% to 3%. (JAC)

Describes current literature on community college student services to determine the extent that the needs of women are being addressed. Advocates that student services move away from a male-oriented perspective that perceives women's needs as peripheral and begin to view women's needs as a central concern of the college. (MAB)

Gives an overview of a comprehensive career education program that provides the basic elements of personal career development to an entire school population. Activities, which are presented developmentally by grade level, offer students the opportunity to take control of their personal development at all grade levels. Career goals are discussed.…

Outlines an effective guidance program that was developed to meet the needs of students, educators, and the community. The project is described by those who originated it and carried it out. The projects provide examples of how to infuse career education concepts into academic curriculums. Three appendixes summarize the project. (RJM)

The articles in the December 1997 "Educational Administration Quarterly" about replacing the American comprehensive high school lacked historical perspective. Despite contributors' efforts to dissociate them from such schools, certain "innovative" restructuring measures (community building, team teaching, and block scheduling) have historically…

Examines how caring relationships between urban middle school students and their advisors at a Philadelphia middle school facilitate personal goal setting and community service as well as help them face issues related to sexuality, drugs and alcohol, personal safety, and conflict resolution. Notes comments from teachers emphasizing students' need…

This paper provides background and practical suggestions for creating and nurturing community partnerships.

Piecemeal change to improve schooling is an approach that at its worst does more harm than good, and at its best is limited to creating pockets of good within school districts. When it comes to improving schooling in a district, however, creating pockets of good isn't good enough. Whole school systems need to be improved. This article focuses on…

In this article, two problems associated with the expectation that teachers use contemporary assessment techniques are examined. The first problem relates to teachers' sense-making of assessment data. Illustrative cases revealed that teachers' processes of interpretation of students' understanding, knowledge and learning of mathematics draws on a…

When a university and a major urban district pair up, teachers learn more about science content and how to develop an inquiry-based classroom. More than 8,000 Detroit, Mich., students have felt the change--and show the results in improved science test scores.

This book provides a rationale for focal points for each grade level, prekindergarten-8. Focal points are important mathematical topics that represent major areas of content emphasis. Building on "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics," this publication is presented to begin a dialogue on what is important at particular levels…