While the family is the main agency for helping young people develop the ideas, attitudes, and behavior of successful citizenship and work, schools can enrich the teacher-student relationship to the point that values rub off. (MT)

The Danish concept of integration is intended to enable the minority group child to function as well as possible in a strange society, in a foreign language, without being forced to give up his or her identity, without losing his or her roots or forgetting his or her language. (PS)

Youth services programs and cholesterol in children's diets, two topics that may emerge as issues in schools and school districts in the near future, are addressed. Resources for further information are listed. (CB)

This paper argues that, from theoretical and empirical perspectives, the most appropriate role the media can play in preventing drug abuse is to disseminate school-based programs of proven efficacy. Suggestions for linking mass media programming with school-based or community-based programming are offered. (Author/MT)

The current education reform movement reveals a retreat from democracy towards a commitment to technological advancement. The dangers inherent in this trend, where schools are turned into industrial and cultural instruments rather than developers of new political visions, are discussed. (DF)

A concept of spirituality appropriate for both religious and nonreligious people is proposed. Spirituality, along with cultural education, values education, and the like, should be a focus in the schools. The article is followed by a comment by Sharon Bailin. (MT)

One hundred sixty elementary school teachers were surveyed to discover which, if any, hearing and hearing conservation concepts were taught and methods and instructional materials used. Findings suggest three ways to improve teaching in this area. (Author/DF)

Notes the rising number of latchkey children and describes several after-school programs designed to meet their special needs. (FL)

Describes four encounters--with a doctoral student, a primary grade teacher, a child, and a sociolinguist--to illustrate how teaching and learning, two separate ventures, are sometimes confused with one another. (HTH)

Describes a program implemented in a junior high school setting designed to help nonsmokers, experimenting smokers, and dependent smokers. Presents an overview of the program which uses faculty support, biofeedback, films, structured discussions, and a 48-hour quit period for the purpose of abstaining from or decreasing smoking. (LLL)

Examined the impact of group counseling on the school performance of 82 children of divorcing families. Results indicated children in the experimental group showed greatest evidence of gain, and children whose parents were simultaneously involved made the best improvements. Recommendations for the school role are given. (BL)

Recruitment efforts to achieve desegregation are detailed, based on the successes of scores of Massachusetts public schools. Distinction is made between the steps which the school system should take and those which should be planned and initiated at the school level with system support. (RDN)

Ten guidelines formulated to assist policy decision makers in developing system-wide approaches to creating strong and effective language programs are discussed in this article. (DF)

Metaphors used commonly in education do not adequately define school problems or help in reform. A new metaphor of the school as a knowledge work organization is offered with a description of teacher and student roles. (DF)

This article discusses how issues concerning political and economic inequalities and the role of schooling were evidenced in the context of a teacher education program. The article also analyzes how the prospective teachers' viewpoints interact with the diverse messages in the formal and hidden curriculum of the teacher education program.…