Lists benefits to the student, benefits to the employer, benefits to the school, benefits to the community, criteria in selecting students, responsibilities of the student, responsibilities of the school district, and responsibilities of the employer in a cooperative vocational agricultural program. (HD)

Deals with the relationship between school and community youth music ensembles. Critically considers MENC's "Guidelines for School and Community Youth Music Ensembles", published in the February 1976 issue of MEJ (EJ 140 802). (Editor/RK)

A parent reviews his son's first days in junior high school and questions the workload and its effect on a students morale. (RK)

All students benefit from being challenged by mathematics. Principals can help by letting students know it is okay to struggle and by helping parents understand the struggle. Communicating with parents about math programs can reduce parents' anxiety; create a strong, beneficial home-school partnership; help youngsters take responsibility for their…

Discusses advantages and disadvantages of eight discipline approaches: the Neo-Skinnerian reinforcement model, Redl and Wattenberg's group dynamics model, Kounin's lesson-management model, Ginott's communication model, Dreikurs' student choice model, Canter's Assertive Discipline model, Jones's classroom-management model, and Glasser's…

Originating in New York City schools, the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (Peaceable Schools Model) helps to transform the culture of participating schools and to make them nonviolent learning communities. The model features a K-12 curriculum focusing on key social skills, professional development for teachers, student-led mediation,…

Too often, classroom-management systems built on trust and support in primary grades are replaced by compliance and obedience systems in higher grades. Consistency Management and Cooperative Discipline is a research-based, classroom-tested Texas program that combines instructional effectiveness (through consistent classroom organization) with…

Argues that contract law and tort law are appropriate means for providing enforceable professional ethics in student affairs and that incorporating student affairs ethical codes into contracts with students creates enforceable ethical codes. Believes that providing such codes strengthens risk management programs, as well as encouraging…

Looks at adolescent alcohol use and the strategy of responsible decision making (RDM) in regard to alcohol. States that RDM was erroneously discontinued in the mid-1989s, and that young people are still grappling with alcohol-related problems. Argues that RDM provides information, motivates discussion of adolescent activities, and promotes…

Offers a former U.S. president's reflections on service and its role in higher education. Discusses personal experiences that shaped his views on service and examines ways in which colleges and universities can promote student service learning. Outlines some of the skills gained through service work and covers other issues. (RJM)

Offers reflections on a former president's remarks concerning service and describes what one university organization is learning about volunteerism and community service on campus. Identifies likely participants in service projects and discusses the benefits of service; ways to promote service participation, service and leadership; and service and…

Discusses the importance of linking player and coach responsibilities to improve the quality of individual and team training, discussing four major factors that encapsulate the most important areas that athletes and coaches should address: adopting quality attitudes, utilizing quality preparation prior to training, incorporating quality execution…

Outlines 11 core practices that define the Foxfire approach, emphasizing students' choice of and responsibility for their work, teacher's role as guide and model, peer teaching, teamwork, reflection, academic integrity of work undertaken, connections between classroom work and community and world, honest evaluations, and the value of aesthetic…

Learning in a past-oriented, present-oriented, and future-oriented society is contrasted. Family viewing of television is suggested as a means of shaping the future by fostering intergenerational communication. In addition, parent-teacher-child conferences are recommended to encourage students to take responsibility for planning their future. (JDD)

The problems of education stem from system design, not faulty operation. Traditional education is based on autocratic principles, or order without freedom. The innovative Individual Education design, based on democratic principles, gives students control over their own learning and promotes the development of responsibility, respect,…