The Master Gardener Classroom Garden Project provides inner-city elementary school children in the San Antonio Independent School District with an experiential way of learning about horticulture, gardening, themselves, and their relationships with their peers. Qualitative interviews indicate that participation in the gardening project had many…

Exploratory research designed to discover the socio-physical qualities that a sample of New York City parents viewed as dangerous in relationship to the activities of their 9- to 11-year-old children. Compares parents with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, and the impacts of parent beliefs on children. (LZ)

Discusses the hazards associated with the use of pesticides in urban areas. This article focuses on Eugene, Oregon, as an example of how to find out about pesticide applications in an urban area and what can be done with that information to change the way that pesticides are used. (LZ)

Community programs developed as part of the Healthy Children Program demonstrate that cost-effective models for accessible health care exist. A communications strategy to disseminate knowledge about improving health care is recommended. (SLD)

Discusses education and the city and presents an annotated bibliography of 456 international sources of information that deal with education in an urban environment, including general works; urban education from the didactic perspective; urban education from the social perspective; urban education from the cultural and local development…

Describes the Reading Is Fundamental, UK program. Argues for taking books to children and families in areas where there is little or no book culture. Notes that through free book distributions and accompanying high-quality motivation events, the program has shown that children who choose reading for pleasure are more likely to use reading for…

Offers descriptions of 34 books for children and young adolescents (many of them illustrated books), in the following categories: books for the youngest readers; poems for young writers; books about the moon; books celebrating city life; books for older readers; and books of multicultural folktales. (SR)

Project uses faith-based organizations to identify strengths in high-risk children and youth. Programs spanning grades 4 to 12 matched youth with prosocial peers and adults and provided opportunities for expanding their personal goals and educational horizons. Activities in mentoring built relationships, strengthened academic skills, and raised…

Twenty-four black parents from Houston were interviewed for their perspectives on nature and environmental education. Four overarching questions addressed the importance of nature, environmental concerns, environmental practices, and views toward environmental education for their children. Parents spoke of commitment to environmental issues and…

Describes the course "Bronx as Art" that was taught to 10th grade students from the Bronx Regional High School (New York) and was funded by the Bronx Council on the Arts. Explains that the students explored their self-images and experiences with their neighborhood. Provides background information on the school and students. (CMK)

A new urban landscape characterizes cities around the globe, eclipsing the smokestacks of the 19th century and skyscrapers of the 20th century, yet the topography of the 21st century digital cityscape is almost invisible. In sharp contrast to the limits of interaction imposed by geography, architecture, and physical distances characteristic of…

This thesis focuses on an educational partnership between the Canadian Centre for Architecture and Architects in Action, which explores the potential of utilizing professional arts practitioners in an outreach capacity to extend museum programming. It seeks to answer the following questions: How did the architects' experiences compare to their…

Wilson's deindustrialization thesis has been the focus of much recent research. This study is the first to empirically test his thesis as it relates to suicide among young black males, which has increased dramatically over the past two decades. Using 1998-2001 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Records and 2000 census data, we examine the influence…

The primary goal was to develop and implement a school-based, trauma-specific intervention program for inner-city children exposed to the World Trade Center attacks on September 11th, 2001. The feasibility and acceptability of the program, and its research component, were examined. The efficacy of the program was evaluated in a pilot study.…

Focus of this article is on the city as a fulcrum of black power, both potential and actual; white economic control of the city; the lures of the suburbs for blacks; and, the costs of the city's renewal to black people. Several strategies for black survival in the city are recommended. (Author/JM)