Researchers have made convincing arguments for the benefits of a smooth transition to school. The passage through this significant social change may have a lasting influence on children's progress. For example, social, emotional and academic difficulties in the early years of schooling have been shown to persist through school and into…

Career development is integral to students' academic and social-personal development, and addressing students' needs in this area is recognized as an important responsibility of the professional school counselor. However, efforts to address students' career development tend to be lacking or services are provided in a disconnected manner. This…

Author compared the care that he gives to the growth of his plants and vegetables to the care necessary for the growth of children in the classroom. (RK)

Article provided students with five guides to help them understand how the photographer as artist functions. (Author/RK)

In this article the author described the training of the Indian musician and compared it to music study in the West. (Editor/RK)

Discusses what a middle school is, the nature of transescents, the kind of program middle schools need, the effect middle schools have on elementary schools, and the establishment of elementary-middle school relationships. (For availability see EA 507 200.) (IRT)

After serving as a middle level principal for more than 20 years, the author recently became principal of a sixth grade school. The tone of the school was remarkably different from a 6-8 or 5-8 middle school. In this article, the author shares some of the things he has learned about sixth graders. While other factors do influence students'…

This paper, provided by the vendor of the product being described, discusses a program implemented in the Central Oahu School District in Honolulu, Hawaii called "Tribes." The mission of Tribes is to promote the healthy development of every child in the school community so that each has the knowledge, skills, and resiliency to be…

If students are going to learn to make efficient use of the library's resources, we must develop real" libraries in elementary and secondary schools and make administrators, teachers, school board members and the lay public aware of the library's role in education. (NH)

Scholar Amitai Etzioni is interviewed about his perceptions of what the primary role of America's secondary schools should be. Etzioni places character formation at the top of the list and also discusses the deglamorization of college, the role of the federal government, extracurricular activities, and effective schools. (Author/WD)

An alternative to the problematic issues surrounding the concept of career education is found in the concept of career development education. Career development education emphasizes a person-based (as opposed to world of work) curriculum which revolves around the students' developmental needs and tasks. (Author/EC)

Examines teacher perceptions of both the value and status of drama in education. Surveys 184 teachers in 13 elementary schools in the Niagara region of Ontario. Finds that 99% of respondents reported a positive attitude toward the value of drama in education, but 80% reported a negative perception of its status in the educational system. (PA)

Examined the development of initial faculty identities of doctoral students in education as they transitioned to the professorate. Identified five archetypal pathways to the professorate: anointed, pilgrim, visionary, philosopher, and drifter. (EV)

Reviews literature to examine the fundamental principles upon which the concept of developmental academic advising is based. (EV)