This article describes activities of a new project of the Association of American Colleges, "American Commitments: Diversity, Democracy and Liberal Learning." Comments of some of the project's panel members on diversity and liberal learning are presented. (MSE)

Describes a program cosponsored by the Indiana High School Press Association and the Hoosier State Press Association which offered one-month paid summer internships for nine Indiana high-school journalism advisors in professional newspapers. (SR)

Describes Project IMPACT, a school-based project in which kindergarten through third-grade teachers work together with a mathematics specialist to establish classroom environments that promote mathematical power for all students and teachers. Discusses implications from research related to the project. (Contains 13 references.) (MDH)

Presents a series of outstanding examples of excellence in science teaching. Criteria for both outstanding elementary education and the characteristics of outstanding teachers are listed. (PR)

Shares numerous evaluations of books written by children participating in the Fairfield-Westchester Children's Project. Discusses how children's evaluations of books they read can provide a framework that can assist teachers in making instructional decisions. (SR)

Suggests that not everything in education has to be evaluated in terms of cognitive outcome measures. Describes a computer-mediated communication project that involved sixth-grade students in a private school in Montreal and slightly older students in a mainly Inuit town in the far northern part of Quebec. Discusses the actual benefits of the…

Presents a summary of a bibliotherapy approach that has been used in the Vilnius Republic Psychiatric Hospital in the Soviet Union for over two decades. Notes that prescribed reading of fiction and nonfiction is used for diagnostic and treatment purposes. (RS)

A psychiatric-hospital administrator describes how she agreed to be a foster parent for a troubled girl who was medically fragile. Together, and with community help, they formed Golden Buckets, an organization that provides therapeutic foster care for medically dependent children and their families. (MKA)

Discusses a project that (1) uses telecommunications technology to link the river communities of the past with students today; and (2) uses thematic, interdisciplinary projects to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Notes that 20 school buildings in four Ohio school districts will be participating. (RS)

Describes the development of the University of Guelph Child Care and Learning Centre, a collaborative program for integrating child care services with undergraduate learning opportunities and research. Summarizes the history, contextual factors, and guiding principles for the model, and the first-year evaluation results. Illustrates how contextual…

Describes a second-grade classroom activity in which children took photographs of their school while focusing on common themes generated by their teacher. Includes discussion of materials and costs for the activity, children's expectations, parental help, class sessions involved (instructions, taking pictures, developing photographs, sharing…

Outlines the response of public agencies to the Asian immigrant community in Dallas, Texas, and problems that exist for these immigrants. Relates the story of the creation of the "Blue Dragons" Explorer Post that provides social support and service opportunities for Asian-American teens. Includes suggestions for educators from "Blue…

Explores the issues involved in integrating the spiritual dimension into traditional counselor education by creating a joint community and addictions-counseling master's program based on a hybrid of the wounded-healer and wellness models. Presents a theoretical discussion of the model. Describes an experimental master's program based on the model.…

Minnie Howard School, just outside Washington, D.C., caters exclusively to 14-year olds. Started seven years ago to relieve enrollment pressures, the school protects its 747 9th graders from typical high-school pressures and has reduced suspension and truancy, enrolled more kids in honors classes, and enticed privately educated students back to…

Describes a unique project in which a teacher educator led a seminar and worked individually with seven student teachers (who were placed in urban secondary schools but who lacked any formal urban teacher training) to help them survive their urban experiences and begin the process of becoming effective urban secondary school teachers. (SR)