THE SEVENTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECT OF THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN THE WORK-STUDY AND COGNITIVE SKILLS OF DISADVANTAGED PUPILS IN THE AREA OF SOCIAL STUDIES. IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THE STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF COURSE CONTENT WOULD INCREASE AND THAT THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD THEIR ROLE IN SOCIETY WOULD IMPROVE. THE PROJECT…

Suggests that whether U.S. education is a catastrophe depends not on whether students can answer questions on the Standard Achievement Tests (SAT) but on their ability to survive in the modern world. Stresses that the challenge to the social studies is to teach students to integrate their learning not to play the testmakers game. (NL)

REPORTED IS THE EVALUATION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE ENTITLED "SCIENCE AND CULTURE" WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LABORATORY SCHOOL. IT IS DIRECTED AT BRIDGING EXISTING GAPS IN INTEGRATING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM. THE…