Rexnord Inc. offers summer jobs to teachers in a program designed to narrow the gap in communication between business and education. (Author/WD)

Extols the virtues of going to summer conferences, which include the revitalization of a teacher's spirit. (RL)

Reports on the difficulties a teacher had while trying to compose her first poetry assignment at the Bread Loaf School of English. (RL)

Urges others to take advantage of study abroad in the adult education program offered at Oxford, as one English teacher and her husband did. (RL)

Describes the Summer Scholars program in which 20 high school students in the top of their class take two community college courses in the summer between their junior and senior years. Discusses the courses offered, credit, program success and benefits. (AYC)

Described is a New York State summer art program designed to bring exceptionally talented high school students to work in a professional setting with well-known artists. (KC)

Describes an annual summer workshop at the University of Central Florida (UCF) that seeks to interest minority high school students in journalism, to encourage them to attend college, and to acquaint them with UCF. Describes some of the difficulties and some of the solutions tried. (TJ)

Fifty children, eight to twelve years old, took part in a summer Medieval Arts Workshop in which they studied and produced art, music, and drama typical of that era. (Author/SJL)

Describes the Smithsonian's summer program which emphasizes the development of language skills for hearing-impaired elementary school children. In week-long sessions, students concentrate on one part of the collection. Emphasis is on naming objects and understanding concepts by engaging in a number of reinforcement activities. (KC)

Outlines a summer session for gifted students in the performing arts held by the Montgomery County Public Schools in Rockville, Maryland. (JM)

The report has a threefold focus: (1) it describes a university-affiliated summer program for learning disabled children (ages 4-to-14 years); (2) it discusses benefits of the program from the perspectives of both parent and teacher trainee; (3) it points out some problems with the program. (Author/PHR)

A student health doctor describes his experiences working in a clinic on an Indian reservation during summer vacation. (JD)

The Summer School of Physical Education at Monteagle, Tennessee, was probably a major influence in the development of physical education programs in public schools of the South at the turn of the century. (JMF)

The special section on recreation and leisure for the disabled child covers rights to recreation and physical education, summer programs for children with disabilities, and adapted recreation and equipment. (SBH)

Describes a three-week, faculty-student summer project involving the study of waste-water treatment of refinery effluents. Discusses the use of such projects to aid industry in analyzing their problems. (MLH)