Describes new, effective physical education programs and activities. (FL)

Describes the teacher assurance program of Eastern Washington University, which benefits the department of education in the areas of credibility, student marketability, accountability, and program feedback. (FL)

Illustrates how effective, statewide educational reform can occur based on the Effective Schools Train-the-Trainer program implemented in South Carolina school districts. (JC)

Describes the Community Service Internship program of East Lynn (Connecticut) High School, which helps students gain an understanding of problems in the local community while fulfilling their desire to serve others. (FL)

Sets forth the criteria for an individualized instruction program for use with pregnant adolescents. (FL)

Describes the five-year effort of the Allentown, Pennsylvania School District to develop districtwide final examinations to test the mastery of course objective in its secondary schools. (FL)

Describes the Meaningful Other Person (MOP) program instituted at a North Carolina ninth grade center that reduced the dropout rate by 50 percent. (FL)

The governor of South Carolina provides information about that state's Education Improvement Act of l984 and explains how it brought about educational reform. (FL)

Describes an inservice institute that familiarized teachers with the pressures that lead students to commit suicide and a program for troubled students. (FL)

Describes a program in which school district teaching staff members provided inservice training as opposed to outside consultants. Reports the program was successful and met with the approval of the staff. (FL)

Details the formation of the Eastern Washington University Department of Education Research and Editorial Group, the procedures it employs, and the rationale for its application to research, writing, editing, and publication tasks. (FL)

Describes the energy conservation program devised by the Houston, Texas, Independent School District. Explains steps taken to involve students, teachers, staff members, and administrators in the program. (FL)

Reports on high schools' efforts to break the academic failure cycle and prevent drop-outs. Describes and reports the outcomes of the peer tutoring/mentoring pilot program developed as part of a major collaborative effort between the City University of New York and the New York City Board of Education. (JK)

Describes the Peninsula Academies program developed by the Sequoia (California) Union High School District and 27 local high technology companies to help educationally disadvantaged students break the pattern of low academic achievement, lack of skills, and chronic unemployment. (FL)

Presents a model for a parent/student/teacher forum as a means of getting the community involved in the schools and for providing effective needs assessments. (FL)