Describes script-reading projects, teachers' guides, and parent participation workshops offered by the broadcast industry to stimulate reading. (DD)

Research confirms that reading success starts with young children enjoying library storytimes! Preschoolers' earliest experiences with books and reading are important; parent/caregiver knowledge can build on those experiences, according to research from the National Institute of Child Health & Development, conducted with PLA and ALSC, the…

High Speed Projection (HiSP) is a classroom technique that employs a standard carousel slide projector to induce conditioned oral responses by students to unfamiliar symbols. HiSP enables active teaching of Japanese, Korean, and other non-Roman languages, drastically reducing the time and effort students must devote to learning the pronunciation…

The reports presented in this volume are intended to provide a theoretical foundation for and practical applications of multicultural education. Included are the following titles: "Introduction," by Charles D. Moody, Sr.; "Cultural Pluralism: Curriculum Assessment, Development, Implementation and Evaluation," by Loretta Webb; "Multicultural…