The principles embodied by the Gary public schools of the early twentieth century could, even today, be considered innovative. (RW)

Response to the subject of death has been sufficiently positive to lead to the development of some curriculum materials. There has been little training for teachers and systematic analysis of the purposes and direction of death education, which has led to a limited focus and incomplete learning in courses about death. (Author)

Discusses the Education Policy Conference convened by Clark, Greene, Marburger, Roberston, Davies, Halperin, Riessman, and Sexton. Asserts that "schools can best serve the children and communities for whom schooling is synonymous with opportunity. The participatory emphasis in schools begins to build public control into that public service…

Article concludes that because of the changing structure of higher education, the increasing political power of elementary and secondary school teachers, and the possibility of state control at all levels of education, secondary school curriculum and structure will no longer be determined by standards set by institutes of higher education. (RW)

Interviews with eight families showed that literacy materials and goals for using literacy differed between middle and working class families, with middle class families drawing on more resources to learn about the child's classroom. However, all families expressed value for literacy activities, challenging the myth that working-class families do…

Discusses the current state of instructional technology programs, highlighting two problems with a prescriptive approach to instructional design (ID): making ID entirely empirical by assuming finite and knowable instructional principles and the ultimate impossibility of using prescriptions in any procedural way. Explores why and what theory is…

Children with AIDS and their immediate families find the difficulties of confronting the disease compounded by the fear that friends and their communities will reject them. Childrens' stories illustrate the support schools can provide and the strengths the children can bring to help others understand the disease. (SLD)

Presents a study of South Australian primary school teachers and 9-12 year old disadvantaged students. Examines what made the difference between disadvantaged students who succeed and disadvantaged students who do not succeed or do well. Discusses the respondents' thoughts on the role of the family, community, and school. (CMK)

Examined the influence of parental and school factors on the science attitudes of 1,923 eighth graders from Cyprus using data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Results suggest that the strongest direct influence on attitudes toward science is teaching, but exogenous factors (educational background of the family,…

Among junior and senior high school students (N=6,428), adolescent emotional and ideological disparity with parents and disparity between importance adolescent placed on academic achievement and satisfaction with academic achievement were linked to suicide ideation through intervening variables of self-esteem, purpose in life, and two forms of…

Argues that schools, denying the existence of gay and lesbian youth, have failed to meet their educational and social service needs. Presents two models: Project 10, a Los Angeles dropout prevention program offering education, counseling, and support services; and the Harvey Milk School, an alternative New York high school. (SK)

Health professionals now understand that child and adolescent depression constitutes a major public health problem. Children's depressive symptoms can be subtle and varied. Adolescent diagnosis is complicated by behavioral manifestations related to hormonal changes. Etiology and treatment remain controversial. Recent pharmacotherapeutic…

Summarizes recommendations generated in six workshops along several themes, including the need to redefine school readiness; expand the role of schools and teachers; more fully integrate the growing cultural diversity of our population into the learning equation; and develop new readiness assessment instruments. The specific recommendations are…

Highlights issues facing teachers who have mentally ill students in their classes and ways for teachers to address the issues. Discusses in-school interventions, out-of-school treatment, and the role of the teacher as mediator in helping students relate to other mentally ill students and in offering support to parents. (MAB)