Urges parents, educators, community leaders, religious groups, and other concerned citizens to champion character education. People must incorporate character building into their homes, neighborhoods, places of worship, state and national education agendas, educational performance tests, curricula, and the schools themselves. The U.S. Department…

Ethnographic research in 17 low-income schools in the northeast of England is brought to bear on the relationship between the policies of community regeneration and practices of community responsive school leadership. Over 100 interviews and site visits with head teachers, politicians, teachers, community service providers, government officials,…

Drunk driving is a major public health problem and young people suffer disproportionately high rates of morbidity and mortality as a result of drinking and driving. Motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death for persons aged 15-24 in this country, and alcohol is implicated in many of these deaths. Countermeasures to drinking and driving…

In a questionnaire survey designed at the University of Toledo to determine the ranking of criteria of effective teaching, faculty, students and alumni at New Mexico State University agreed that "being well prepared for class" was the most important criterion. This ranking was upheld by 10 subgroups of faculty (faculty by years of…

Discusses the social importance of sex education programs and the responsibility of public schools to provide this curriculum. (GB)

Provides and explains a diagrammatic representation of the community concept and discusses how the concept can be used for interpretation programs that address the intertwined environmental and social problems facing society. (LZ)

Contrasts urban and rural community perceptions of neglect by lay citizens and protective service workers. Even though citizens in both types of communities generally agreed as to what they would report, workers did not agree about the likelihood of substantiating cases in the different communities. (GH)

Discusses creative methods of handling the tremendous amounts of trash generated daily in the U.S. Recycling, precycling, and reusing items all effectively reduce the amount of trash sent to landfills. The three components of successful recycling programs are collection, manufacturing, and buying recycled products. Pay-as-you-throw programs…

Discussed the state hospital and its future with recommendations for developing and revitalizing its services. (RK)

Three dimensions of the relationship between children and their communities that have been identified are (1) children's sense of community as it develops from infancy through middle childhood, (2) characteristics of a competent community, and (3) the interaction between children's developmental growth and community resources. Children's sense of…

Educational researchers have neglected the need to involve public interest and support of educational research. Researchers must begin to deal with the real problems of education if they are to receive public support. This responsibility would include need assessment, information search, model building, research based on theory, and evaluation of…

Discusses the moral nature of the AIDS crisis, finding it to be an occasion for moral responsibility. Examines three moral characteristics of a fidelity-tempered ethic which can serve society as the crisis continues. States that restoration of faithfulness is the best hope for "enduring and overcoming" the crisis. (GEA)

Creativity is the result of educator's accountability for learning outcomes rather than teaching processes. (MM)

The Peterborough, New Hampshire Public Library closed during after school hours to dramatize the need for a more suitable place for young people to meet. The result was a temporary, then permanent, recreation center supported by the town. (JS)