Examines the Tenant Education Program in a New Jersey subsidized housing complex. Educational programs cover money management, home maintenance, fire safety, security, consumer education, health programs, and other topics. Overall success of this program is credited to the emphasis placed on teaching problem-solving techniques to tenants. (CT)

An urban teacher highlighted cost of living to make mathematics instruction more meaningful and help students develop problem-solving strategies. Sixth graders created and operated their own businesses in class, learning how to depend upon themselves and budget their money as they faced realistic problems with budgets, bills, and sales. (Author/SM)

A project was conducted at the Lake Washington Vocational Technical Institute to develop a curriculum and provide a pilot class in the consumer and homemaking program to address the needs of persons with the dual role of homemaker and wage earner. The format chosen for the course was a series of seminars to be conducted on-site at business offices…