The article discusses some general aspects of mental health in schools, the role of mental health consultation as a means of facilitating and enhancing prevention, and a specific technique of mental health consultation found effective by some mental health specialists and educators. (Author/CTM)

Presents an interview with Urie Bronfenbrenner in which he discusses the school's role as one of breaking down barriers between itself, the community, and parents to help American children learn to be more caring. (JMB)

Ways are suggested in which schools, teachers, and communities can constructively deal with the problems of runaway youth. (MJB)

Suggests that since black colleges can no longer avoid controversy, it is fitting for them to meet controversy head on, rather than merely to sit back and react. (Author/AM)

Concentrates on the attitudes, values and motives which would be needed by learners to make learning throughout life and in settings other than schools more effective and efficient. This is done by discussing the characteristics of "the lifelong learner". (Author)

The apparent discrepancy between Antonio Gramsci's revolutionary political and social theory and his conservatism with reference to the content and processes of schooling is discussed. (JD)

The social and educational theories of Basil Bernstein are examined. (JD)

Reviews past, present, future and parent education. Three models of parent education and intervention, designed to have impact through the family, school, or community. (SB)

The schools are the agency that American society has set up to teach its youth knowledge and skills. The time has come for schools to take a more active role in the development of values and judgment standards, at least by providing a forum for discussing and examining such standards. (Author/JG)

The author cites a 1939 study by H. Skeels and H. Dye in which the IQs of retarded infants in orphanages were increased after exposure to substitute mothering, and reviews current behavior modification research to support the contention that intelligence can be increased. (CL)

The preferred scenario would lead to a "professionalization" of the family in which, at least for early childhood, the functions of the family and the school would merge. (Author/IRT)

Sections of this paper include the identification of terminology problems encountered in previous efforts to develop perspectives on multiracial school improvement and an introduction of the "operational functions of school" model with a rationale for its value in improving multiracial schools. (Author/AM)

Provides a review of research on the topic of political socialization. Topics covered include the role of the school in society, the role of teacher behavior and classroom structure, and other influences such as social class, and the effect of the media. Draws implications for teaching practice and further research. (JDH)

Discusses the relationship between parental management of children's school careers and an institutional characteristic of schooling, the school charter. Examines the managerial actions of parents with students in three types of West German secondary schools with distinctly different charters: the Gymnasium, Realschule, and the Gesamtschule.…

Reviews 1984 Rand Corporation report recommendation that preventive education is most effective way to prevent adolescent drug abuse within the context of theories related to the causes of drug abuse integrated with the PRECEDE model of health education program planning. Concludes that many variables influencing adolescent drug use are not within…