This book contains six papers on condom availability programs in the public schools. "Executive Summary" (Stryker, Samuels, and Smith) looks at the consequences of unprotected sex, adolescent condom use, condom promotion and availability, the role of schools, sex education in schools, how school condom programs work, distribution mechanisms,…

The varying definitions, the primary characteristics, and the causes of hate crimes are reviewed. In addition, misconceptions about what constitutes a hate crime are discussed, as are the increasing upward trends in various form of hate crime. The important role schools can play in alleviating the hate crime phenomenon is the focus of the…

This guide to school-based smoking prevention programs for educators is the product of five years of work to prevent cancer. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is currently funding 23 coordinated intervention trials directed at youth. Although not all the studies are complete, sufficient results are available to recommend the most effective…

This report provides an overview of the involvement of public schools in Massachusetts in child care, focusing on 12 child care programs strongly affiliated with public schools. The programs investigated responded to local needs in a variety of ways. Programs included a teen parenting program; a bilingual education program; child care for local…

Reports of increased violence and crime in the schools suggest that an attack on the roots of violence must accompany work to improve discipline and physical security. Suggestions for schools to actively respond to the problem are offered in this digest. Reasons for the increase of violence and for most schools' reluctance to address the problem…

Study discusses the assessment of the contribution of school milk to the nutrition of 396 Kent primary school children aged eight to eleven years, using information collected in a survey which included a weighed diet record, a socio-economic questionnaire, and a medical examination. [Available from Cambridge University Press, 32 East 57th Street,…

This article discusses (1) the role of schooling in the 20th century societal setting, (2) the changing responsibilities and continued functions of schools, and (3) what local school board members need to ask and be able to answer to survive the current crisis in education. (RC)

This report presents information regarding the public school's role in United States dentistry. An introductory section provides a brief overview of the status of dentistry in public education. Section II, "The Genesis of School Dentistry in the Progressive Era," discusses new understanding of oral disease, the school health movement and oral…

This paper discusses the need for screening programs to identify seriously emotionally disturbed students and describes the development and trial of a screening instrument for identifying probable cases from among possible cases. The Quick Screening Inventory (QSI) is a brief, easy-to-use instrument that is directly related to the definition of…

School-based substance abuse prevention strategies are presented in this guidebook that stresses nonclassroom programs. It includes information on the importance of expanding school-based prevention plans, an overview of goal and implementation strategies, and a description of specific prevention strategies. These stages include awareness and…

This collection of articles was created to give professionals and educators an informed overview of current issues in the field of child sexual abuse prevention. Articles are grouped under the headings of Introduction, Issues in Child Sexual Abuse Prevention, and Guidelines for Prevention Education and include: (1) "Prevention Education in…

Authority is legitimized by the willingness of those subject to it to accept it. Authoritarianism develops when those subject to authority must be coerced into accepting it. This paper argues that to maintain legitimate authority and avoid becoming authoritarian, educators, educational institutions, and educational systems must be willing to…

School policy which emphasizes the placement of handicapped children in the regular classroom has received acclaim both as a step toward equity and as an attempt to improve the academic learning and social adjustment of handicapped students. Although new teachers entering the system are better prepared than ever before to face the difficulties…

The rapid increase in teenage suicides in the United States in recent years has prompted the establishment of new suicide prevention programs and the revitalization of existing services in many communities. The federal government has taken a number of initiatives to curtail the high rise in teenage suicides and several states have taken…

This second report in a study of child migrant education in Australia focuses on the interactions and interrelationships of students, teachers, and parents and attempts to identify each group's perceptions of the functions of schooling and the educational practices through which those functions may be fulfilled. Views on teachers and schooling…