Based on the idea that learning a language is much like learning a role, not limited to simple memorization of a grammar or a script, a summer program in theater in Nancy (France) offers second-language students an opportunity to select a text and mount a theatrical production in French. (MSE)

In 1981, the City School District of Oswego, New York, invested $3 million in building an 860-seat theater for its high school without state construction aid. This article describes Oswego's multicultural curricula and programs in music, the humanities, and drama and offers advice on promoting arts education. (MLH)

The article describes the Eden Family of Programs (New Jersey) for persons with autism which range from temporary summer respite care services to full-time group homes. Noted are the program's history, participants, staff, schedules, programs, normalization, human rights, administration, and trustees. (DB)

Internationalizing business curricula involves teaching about the global economy and changing attitudes toward global markets. Short overseas programs such as the two-week summer course in Reims, France, offered by Northeastern University give graduate students exposure to experiential learning in an overseas environment. (SK)

Describes the elements of high quality summer music programs for students. Points out considerations for selection of a summer music camp, including setting daily schedule, amount of performance and private lessons, cost, faculty, and program scope. (LS)

Outlines 11 ways for camp staff to handle stress, focusing on goal setting, positive attitudes, delegating responsibilities, doing the fun parts of the job, change for the sake of change, good personal relationships, decent meals and exercise, avoiding procrastination, and having other interests. (KS)

John Bourne High School in Queens, New York, offers an agricultural program enrolling more than 400 students. The curriculum includes agricultural career exploration, plant and animal science, summer land laboratories, and a special education component. (SK)

Discusses the role that feminist issues played in a summer institute at the Literature Institute for Teachers and the role of feminist theory in teacher education. Shares thoughts about the role of feminist theory in the classroom. (MG)

Discusses summer academy programs that feature classroom and hands-on clinical practicum experience to introduce students to the rigors of the academic preparation required for health-profession careers, and the opportunity to be involved in direct patient care and laboratory-research experiences. Contains 22 references. (Author/ASK)

Describes a group of science teachers' experiences as they network about the motivational benefits of participating in various summer professional development programs. (ASK)

Studied the relevance and significance of goal-orientation theories to 158 high-ability, high-achieving adolescents in summer programs for the gifted. Results show that these adolescents were not free of ego concerns, including fear of failure and of not living up to expectations of peers and teachers, and that ego orientations may be more…

Describes the development and validation of a self-report instrument for measuring resiliency in youth for recreation and other social services, noting that the instrument is not yet ready for use under all conditions and that while use of structural equation modeling removes some subjectivity, results of this type of analysis are still left to…

The "Math by the Month" activities of May 2005 are focused on connecting sports with mathematics. The problems provide an opportunity to integrate mathematics into students' everyday lives, whereby students will be able to explore linear and time measurement, data collection, statistics, number operations, geometry, discrete mathematics, and…

The Exploratorium is home to XTech, a science education program which began in 2006 and was primarily funded by a three-year National Science Foundation grant (Award # 05-25217) through its ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) initiative. XTech provided project-based afterschool activities in science, engineering,…

The Sutton Trust Summer School offers to S5/Year 12 pupils the opportunity to sample student life for a week at one of five selecting universities in the UK. Most of the participants on the Sutton Trust Summer School will be the first generation in their family to attend university and have come from schools which traditionally send low numbers to…