High performing schools for young adolescents are developmentally responsive, academically excellent, and socially equitable. Necessary reform elements include professional development, technical assistance, coordination, networks, data-driven decision making, enlightened leadership, improved teacher preparation, a well-informed public, and…

Studies whether mothers of preschool-aged children use market child care versus care by relatives to assess the importance of economics versus preferences. Suggests employed mothers turn to relatives for child care partly out of preference, not just because relatives are inexpensive. Employed mothers have different views than unemployed mothers.…

Discusses a qualitative research study of children about moral consciousness. Shows children have a strong moral sense. Notes participants grappled with issues of fairness, responsibility, choice, and the value of human life. Reports that gender and age affected responses. (CAJ)

Presents an ecologically based training model to guide parents and teachers in reflecting on family involvement in early childhood programs. The two-phase process involves developing a philosophy of family involvement through brainstorming, identifying family involvement themes, and creating a philosophical statement, and examining roles shared by…

Outlines approaches for student evaluation in service learning projects. Maintains that most service learning project participants' goals fall into three broad areas: civic development, academic achievement, and personal or social development. Assessment in these areas can be accomplished through tabulation of service hours, student journals, and…

Maintains that self-esteem is more than simply "feeling good" about oneself. It derives from having experienced meaningful success. A service learning program can accomplish this and avoid the self-preoccupation and narcissism that occasionally accompany self-esteem efforts. Service learning can replace this with empathy and commitment. (MJP)

Describes the University of South Alabama's program of envirotech student internships in Latin America. Encourages business schools to reshape the anti-environmental attitudes prevalent in present and future managers by demonstrating how "green" can be profitable, especially in the international arena, through outcome-oriented…

Articulates a personal commitment to teaching that emphasizes modeling behavior, preparation, and creating a safe and supportive environment for learning. Discusses some strategies for establishing a proactive classroom management style. Argues that the most energizing and essential role for teachers is that of motivator. (MJP)

Examines the power imbalance between university faculty and students in terms of the "deliberate relationship" (other types being ethnographer-subject and mother-child relationships). Critiques contemporary responses to this power differential: positions of distance or denial. Discusses elements of the deliberate relationship that can help faculty…

Explores some of the tensions between inquiry and outcomes in preservice teacher preparation, positing three outcomes of an inquiry stance: complex notions of what counts as learning for K- 12 students; examination of attitudes, values, and beliefs about diversity, U.S. society, and teachers' responsibilities; and understandings of teacher…

Describes a study of the relationship between stress and selected job functions of community/junior college presidents, the importance of these functions, and the presidents' use of counterstress activities. Reveals that presidents rated most of their administrative responsibilities as "not very stressful," with exceptions being "faculty…

To be effective in promoting scientific literacy, science teachers must be well prepared in their subject areas, have a firm understanding of the nature of science, and stay abreast of current technological advances affecting society. Science teachers must engage students in the science revolution by relating it to their lives. (AF)

Explored family context for children's health-related learning through qualitative research. Gathered data from one dual-career, middle-class, two-parent family with school-age children. Identified core conceptual category, maintenance of structure and order in family life. Claims relationships are evident between and among this category,…

The Supreme Court let stand a California court's ruling sharply limiting the right of administrators at public colleges to interfere with faculty members' curriculum decisions. The ruling came from a 1986 decision by the San Diego Community College District to bar the staging of a controversial play. (MSE)

Discusses information malpractice and describes unethical behaviors that information consultants and librarians should be aware of. Guidelines for proper practice are presented, including be sure you are competent to provide services in areas you say you are; take continuing education courses; protect client confidentiality; present reliable…