Discusses three issues related to day care in Denmark: (1) the tension women experience between work and home; (2) the ability of day care to nurture children; and (3) the monopolization of children's free time through organized activities. (RJC)

Addresses the discrepancy of actual versus ideal consultant function for school counselors with a single-session behavioral method of planned consultation with teachers, and provides methods for school counselors to increase the consultative function with relatively little investment of time. (JPS)

The phenomena of the induction and entrainment of adjunctive behaviors was investigated in 8 people (ages 5-51) with severe or profound mental retardation who exhibited stereotypic behaviors. Seven of the eight demonstrated evidence of schedule-induced stereotypic behavior, whereas five also showed evidence of the entrainment of these behaviors by…

A small group of professors who are much-sought-after lecturers inside and outside academe follow a rigorous and varied circuit of national, regional, and campus-based meetings, conferences, lecture series, and symposia. Many speak free, but some substantially augment their incomes by charging fees. (MSE)

Campus activities programers are encouraged to use creativity and to experiment in incorporating solo, or easily produced, acts into campus events. Ideas include using solo acts as openers or as part of larger special or traditional events. A sample campus survey, designed to discover campus preferences, is included. (MSE)

At Albuquerque's visually appealing New Futures School, which combines academics with parenthood training and day care services, approximately 75 percent of pregnant teens and teenage mothers enrolled obtain a high school diploma. Compared with traditional schooling, few rules apply, except required prenatal care and no fighting. The newborns also…

A realistic production schedule helps deliver college publications on time. This requires team effort and a spirit of cooperation, specific task scheduling, using tickler systems to keep staff on track, not allowing procrastination, and setting aside planning time. (MSE)

This column describes activities for use with students having visual impairments, focusing on various types of calendars, including a sensory calendar and voice calendars produced by the Voxcom tape recorder (which uses magnetically striped cards to record and play brief messages). (DB)

Four secondary teachers, long accustomed to working in isolation, joined forces to provide an interdisciplinary program with flexible scheduling and common planning periods. This article describes their school-within-a-school program, its acceptance by the Coalition of Essential Schools, and the program's benefits. A sidebar provides restructuring…

A North Carolina study found that first-year teachers moved confidently into block scheduling, rated the block highly, and used 11% more time than experienced teachers to manage classroom discipline problems. Teachers attributed their success to instructional pacing, ability to vary instructional strategies, subject area competency, and…

Surveyed for their perceptions, students attending four Alabama block-scheduled high schools identified block scheduling as more effective than traditional scheduling. Perceptions are unrelated to years of student experience. Teachers use more diverse strategies; students earn more graduation credits; instructional climate is improved; and making…

Describes an action research project on block scheduling undertaken in Seattle/Puget Sound area high schools. Notes how block scheduling challenges conventional high school structures. Identifies nine key elements of a new model of high school and high school teaching encouraged by block period structures. (SR)

In North Carolina, 114 marketing teachers and principals agreed that block schedules affect attitudes and performance and require more planning and staff development. They disagreed whether block schedules change the pace of instruction, reduce dropout, and affect participation in school-to-work programs. (SK)

Examines some evidence presented for and against block scheduling and makes recommendations based on these observations. Existing empirical evidence is ambivalent regarding academic benefits, particularly for mathematics achievement. Alternative scheduling seems right for some curricular areas and wrong for others. Blocking some classes and not…

Presents suggestions for encouraging children to practice music (or anything else), including seeking out instruction, writing out schedules, setting goals, concentrating, relaxing and practicing slowly, practicing hard things longer, practicing with expression, learning from mistakes, not showing off, thinking independently, being optimistic, and…