Concludes that television cannot do the entire job of educating children. (JH)

The article presents educators with guidelines for developing a structured program in which parents tutor their learning disabled children. (DLS)

Parents and practitioners need to build a relationship of cooperative colleagueship in the education of children. (Author/IRT)

Describes a class project where fourth and fifth graders taught metrics to their parents during a six-week metric measurement unit. (JMB)

A secondary program for emotionally disturbed students in a Wisconsin school district is described in terms of assessment procedures, classroom management, classroom materials, mainstreaming, parental and community involvement, and its token reinforcement system. (CL)

Project ASPIRE was designed to increase educators' awareness of sexual prejudice. Training activities focused on self-awareness, effects of sex-role stereotyping on students, procedures to assess biases in instructional and counseling practices and materials, and methods to reduce sex-role stereotyping within the school setting. (Author)

Presents math games for parents to use at home with their children to reinforce math skills taught in the classroom. Areas covered include: sorting and counting; number recognition; shapes; basic skills; measuring; and problem solving. (JMB)

Written in Spanish, the article briefly discusses the composition of Hispano students in elementary schools. The role of bilingual education programs is discussed. (NQ)

Described is Project P.E.E.P. (Providing Enriching Experiences for Preschoolers), a federally funded project for providing special services to preschool children with special learning needs. (SBH)

Reports on a follow-up mail survey of the continuing use of behavior modification procedures learned by 30 families who had participated in a training program for parents of autistic preschool children four to seven years previously. More than half no longer used formal behavior modification procedures. (PS)

Teachers at 21 schools were asked to complete questionnaires describing 12 parenting concerns and the frequency of each concern. Findings show that the most frequently discussed concern is stimulating intellectual development. Parents of sixth graders are most likely to seek help with social and emotional development questions. (CH)

This study investigated 24 adolescents' and 10 preadolescents' awareness of the beliefs that parents hold regarding them. Patterns of agreement between parents and between parents and children concerning the children's likely behavior in a variety of situations (as measured by the Family Belief Interview Schedule) were examined. (Author/BN)

Conscience strength in adolescence was correlated with the development of moral judgment among adolescents and was a predictor of subsequent development during adulthood. A similar pattern of results was obtained for measures of paternal identification and involvement, but not for the corresponding maternal variables. (RH)

The author reviews the argument that teachers, parents, and children are all interrelated and function within a complex ecology. He summarizes existing models for facilitating teacher-parent interaction and analyzes inappropriate assumptions concerning this interaction. Implications and recommendations for improving the school-community…

A physical education curriculum development process in Lincoln, Nebraska, involving community, parents, students, teachers, and administrators is described. (MT)