Presents a speech Harry S Truman made to a teachers' meeting in 1957. The speech concerns the influence of school on children and the need for discipline. (IRT)

Discusses the history of the medium and the benefits of school access programing. Pennsylvania's Colonial School District channel is described to show how cable television serves as an information base for the adult community as well as for students. (FM)

The nurse practitioner in the school is a valuable source of practical health education and also preventive health measures. (JD)

The educational needs of an elementary school nurse differ from those of the high school or junior high nurse. (JD)

This final article in a theme issue on socialization of the young child draws conclusions from the preceding ten articles and suggests some directions that educators may pursue to socialize young children in today's environment and to prepare them for the future. (Editor/SJL)

Investigates a vision of the future that will help the educational community find educational objectives congruent with its best ideals, objectives that will also yield the practical skills needed for survival in the future. (Author/RK)

Discusses James Conant's ideas about the democratic role of the comprehensive high school and addresses just how those ideas have been treated by history. Major historical events have converged in the post-World War II period to make Conant's view of the democratic high school problematic, at least in large metropolitan areas. (SLD)

Defines "community conversations" as discussions which take place after performances in communal spaces, with audience members and artists speaking as equals. Outlines egalitarian qualities which define the best community conversations. Proposes that when an academic program or cultural institution is reconsidering its role in the community, a…

Many youth use substances and engage in other high-risk behaviors in an attempt to allay the emptiness accompanying broken belongings. Schools can play important roles in fostering connections and creating the natural high that comes from success. (Author)

Presents two case vignettes that pose issues of concern for suicide postvention, with particular relevance to the development of school-based crisis intervention response programs. Two commentaries follow the vignettes. (Author/NB)

Describes Central Michigan University's education prevention-based alcohol and drug program. Explains procedure affording university an opportunity to provide student athletes and university population with chance to develop drug knowledge base from which they may assess and determine their own behaviors and actions. (NB)

Questionnaires and interviews were used to survey 517 Colorado educators about their perceptions of the unmet mental health needs of elementary students. Significant unmet needs were perceived regarding self-image, peer and adult relationships, school skills and competencies. Most problems were perceived as home or family based, but meriting…

The article looks at the increasing reports of child abuse and neglect including physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect (deprivation of necessities), and emotional (psychological) maltreatment. Implications for schools are noted including the greater risk of the handicapped for abuse. (DB)

Canadian reports and legislation are reviewed to highlight the school's role in prevention and reporting of suspicions of child sexual abuse. The vulnerability of handicapped children and child pornography are two areas of victimization emphasized. (Author/DB)

Focuses attention on the intent of this special issue to highlight a small number of key issues, directions, and questions on the changing contexts in which scholarship on Africanized English and school education is occurring, including reference to past Black English, dialect studies, the changing demographics of the students, and the complexity…