By popular demand, Dr. B. P. Pen returns with additional techniques for healthy handwriting. (Editor)

Considers some building-level public relations ideas that work with various publics--students, staff, parents, general taxpayers, and others. Presents 20 ideas, already proven useful and representing a variety of starting points, from which people can shape their own programs to suit their personal needs. (Author/RK)

The prospect of providing complete services to pupils commensurate with their needs offers tremendous challenge for both educators and parents. PL 94-142 is attempting "to assure that all handicapped children have available to them...a free appropriate public education and related services designed to meet their unique needs". (Author/RK)

Describes a project in which female prisoners were matched with socially active women volunteers from the surrounding community. Program encouraged home visits, shopping trips, attendance at various activities in the community, and opportunities to engage in personal interaction. Results indicate that each encounter was significant to all persons…

In peer-helping programs, a professional counselor or teacher trains a group of students who then help other students by listening, providing information, and referring them to others with the necessary expertise. Peer helpers can help improve the school climate by contributing to its health and security. Since 1979, Seattle's Natural Helpers…

Discusses the development of the National Center for Developmental Education (NCDE), from its conception as a regional consortium to its expansion as a national resource center. Describes the NCDE's mission of teaching, service, and research. Reviews the Kellogg Institute, providing advanced training for experienced developmental educators, and…

While parenting interventions based on social learning approaches are effective, they have significant limitations in achieving a level of population reach that will do enough to decrease the prevalence of dysfunctional parenting. Evidence is reviewed for the efficacy and effectiveness of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program as a comprehensive,…

Describes how a study/action group of University of Utah faculty explored civically engaged scholarship during the course of an academic year. Participants learned about various forms of civically engaged scholarship such as service-learning and community-based research. Discussions included issues relevant to retention, promotion, and tenure.…

Describes the Peter Kiewit Institute at the University of Nebraska, an entrepreneurial institute involving the College of Information Science & Technology, the College of Engineering and Technology, and Omaha's business community. (EV)

Describes the Children's Home Extended Child Care Program in Tennessee, a year-round child-care program operating 24 hours a day. Presents considerations for programs contemplating extending their hours, including operation hours, ages of children served, staffing schedule, serving meals, cleaning the facility, facility security, and funding.…

Even though the majority of college students are commuters, most colleges and universities are set up primarily to serve residential students. In an effort to address this inequity, Drexel University created an award-winning commuter program. The author describes how it got started and what it looks like. (Author)

The Massachusetts charter movement facilitated Boston's development of pilot schools (in-district charters), which posed a dilemma for staff, students, board members, and codirectors of Fenway Middle College High School. A year later, a coalition of pilot school leaders is glad they stayed in the system and pursued high-level educational…

Describes a program for poetry and creative writing in the prison setting. Offers an inmate's poetry and other writing to illustrate the kinds of growth and change that can be engendered through poetic expression. Argues that poetry is an excellent therapeutic medium for use in prisons. (SR)

Describes how the University of Maryland University College is offering one of the few distance education programs, Better Opportunities through Online Education, designed to teach working poor people the skills they need to advance in the job market. (EV)

Describes the OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The effort involves creating Web sites for all of the institution's courses, which will be open and freely accessible to the world. Explores how faculty governance and MIT's institutional values made the program possible. Includes an interview with an…