Describes the Rensselaer Children's Summer Theatre (Indiana) which introduces children in grades 3-8 to the performing arts through experience rather than lecture. Examines how the program is run and discusses its applications to music education, emphasizing the benefits gained from incorporating performance experiences into classroom music…

The paper describes an enrichment program for gifted disadvantaged children (ages 5-15) in Tel Aviv, Israel. The program had both neighborhood programs and activities/programs outside the child's neighborhood including a summer camp program. Evaluation indicated substantial IQ increases after three semesters. (DB)

A summer school program in Britain which emphasizes social skill training for primary school pupils with social and behavioral difficulties is described. The program involved direct behavioral training, encouragement of problem solving skills, indirect learning through games, and experiential learning.(DB)

When choosing a summer camp program for a disabled child, parents should look for programs and activities that present the child with a maximum challenge that can be met successfully. After checking agencies with information on various camps, parents should consider the camp's facilities, philosophy, resources, and staff. (CB)

Leaders of lifelong learning programs convene at Harvard each June for two weeks of learning, reflection, self-renewal, networking, planning, and camaraderie. The Institute for the Management of Lifelong Education is described, along with its curriculum themes of adult as a developing and learning person, institutional management, and…

A dropout prevention program is described which incorporates direct involvement of parents in training; an advisory committee made up of employers, parents, students, and staff; and a subcontract which allowed continuation of the program throughout the summer. The effectiveness of the program is discussed. (CT)

A summer program developed by the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Kansas City, Missouri, School District was designed to acquaint high school athletes with information and skills that would make their transfer easier from high school to a college or university, and later to professional sports.

A learning disabled teenager with vision and language impairments learned to read in a summer session using microcomputers in creative writing. The teacher emphasized his interests in selecting reading materials and stressed the ability to relate concepts verbally. (CL)

A summer fellowship program is described that was initiated at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University to provide an opportunity for interested faculty to interact with selected students who had used computers before entering medical school. (MLW)

This article describes a labor education program specifically targeted to working class women, who themselves form a minority within the labor movement. The focus of the article is on the Southern School for Union Women. (CT)

Bowling Green's four-week summer preregistration program providing students with opportunities for individualized academic counseling and computerized preregistration is described, along with a fall follow-up for additional advising and suggestions for handling computerized registration. (MSE)

Career mapping can heighten one's sense of readiness for increased responsibility and suggest new possibilities for a professional career. The Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, cosponsored by Higher Education Resource Services (HERS), Mid-America and Bryn Mawr College, is described. (Author/MLW)

A summer work experience program for 10th and 11th graders with visual impairments includes a three-week residential-living experience in which students are evaluated in the areas of daily living, orientation and mobility, socialization, vocational abilities, and career planning and a six-week segment in which students work at paid jobs.…

This research project focuses on a program that combines the traditional classroom approach with the capabilities of distance learning. The August Spring Program at Kutztown University admits a population of remedial students for the spring semester only after they successfully complete an intensive one-week preparation course in the preceding…

This biweekly newsletter contains news and information about school improvement in the United States. It is designed expressly for parents and families. This issue highlights a pilot reading program under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) launched at 11 sites nationwide in April. The NCLB Summer Reading Achievers Program encourages students in grades…