Outlines an energy management program to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association of School Business Officials. The program is based on the Carleton Board of Education (Ontario) energy management program. (Author/MLF)

Park and recreation professionals are facing a dual challenge: to offer comprehensive recreation programs for all ages and income levels; and to establish trends, providing opportunities for development and assimilation of new skills and interests into the public's repertoire of leisure activities. (Author)

The New Jersey Education Association has developed a positive, collaborative approach to change and improvement for urban schools. The training program involves a three-day workshop for the entire school staff and focuses on consensus building and a guided school planning process. (Author/SJL)

The National Education Association has designed projects to help make better use of children's viewing time. Projects involve use of special television programs, reading projects, critical television viewing skills curriculum, and parent, teacher, and community workshops. (CJ)

Discusses a cooperative effort between Gulf Oil Corporation and Chatham College in Pittsburgh to offer a career development program for women. Details the organization, content, and assessment of the program. (JOW)

The writing skills workshops of the Johns Hopkins University Program for Verbally Gifted Youth (PVGY) are described. Students who have taken the workshops score high on such tests as the College Board Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Test. (DB)

Several programs to alleviate math anxiety are now being conducted for elementary and secondary teachers, as well as for high school and college students. (Author/MLF)

Sets forth some essential facts about the aging process and discusses issues of concern to those who teach art workshops to older adults. (FL)

Describes the use of television as a tool to start parents and kids talking to each other about sensitive, serious issues. (Author/JM)

Presented are 11 sources of literature relating to inservice courses, programs; training materials, and workshop descriptions to aid classroom teachers in the mainstreaming of handicapped students. (LH)

Describes a successful five-day writing workshop held at West Chester State College (Pennsylvania) for teachers from a variety of departments, which increased the participants' insights into the writing process and changed their attitudes about writing instruction. (DD)

Describes a series of "Writing across the Curriculum Workshops" for faculty members at Michigan Technological University. (DD)

Reviews the XIIth International Conference of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), held in Montreux, Switzerland, July 10-17, 1976. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the importance for teachers of conflict resolution through negotiation and describes a model teachers' workshop on conflict resolution. (JG)

A facilitator of workshops and assemblies on social skills recounts revealing dialogs with elementary and middle-level students. Discussion, often accompanied by singing and guitar music, focuses on the issues of belonging, fitting in, making friends, offering support, and practicing empathy. The music is the vehicle for helping students express…