In Bulgaria, the integration of education and work is seen as a means to enhance the social and moral qualities of the individual. Problems and trends are discussed. (AM)

This article focuses on the role of the technical school within the overall framework of Basque cooperatives. The school organization, curriculum, and its integration with the co-op's productive activites are described. (AM)

Revolutionary education centers in Guinea provide education and work experience for students from elementary through postsecondary levels. They are designed to disseminate scientific, technical, and technological knowledge and also serve as production units. The structure, educational resources, and social impact of the centers are discussed. (AM)

Describes how a university-based career resource center incorporated a community outreach telephone career counseling program into its services. Discusses operation of the pilot program, staff, equipment, resources, and publicity/outreach. Presents results of a follow-up survey. (Author/RC)

Harbor Area Adult Day Care Center has operated for two years with a primary purpose of providing respite care to families caring for a relative with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders. The rationale, history, program, staffing, funding, and experience for the first two years of the project are provided. (Author/RC)

Focuses on how writing center directors can use the resource of peer tutors and discusses the rationale for, the selection of, and the evaluation of tutor applicants. (AEA)

Case studies of two schools that demonstrate approaches to a liaison between mathematics and science are presented. The establishment of a combined mathematics-science faculty is the most obvious factor that tends to lead to a school's success in achieving a liaison. Additional factors are also considered. (MP)

Describes the rationale for and general objectives of World Studies, a curriculum project emphasizing the teacher's role in developing instructional strategies. Includes general themes (getting on with others, learning about other people, understanding the news, the world tomorrow) and criteria for the project's inservice courses. (JN)

The Zoo School, housed in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, city zoo, provides a challenging one-year program for highly motivated, but not necessarily gifted, sixth graders. Using the zoo as a laboratory, its goal is to teach students about the contemporary world and to develop them as independent learners. (Author/SJL)

Colleges faced with declining enrollments are cultivating a new crop of students--7-to-14-year-olds--who attend college after school, on Saturday mornings, and during the summer. Some programs are described, including College for Kids at the College of Marin and Cornell University. (MLW)

Describes and evaluates a child protection team in rural Vermont. The author draws on the team's experience to develop a model designed to utilize the strengths of a small community. (Author/DB)

Results of a survey of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) indicated that projects within the program are diverse, offer services to meet individual children's and families' needs, and significantly involve families in the projects. More than one-third of these projects are administered by publicly supported educational…

A unit on the division of decimals by decimals that used electronic calculators as a teaching aid is described. The learning package created, the operation of the project, and several outcomes are presented. The results strongly indicated that mathematics can be taught using a calculator. (MP)

Discusses the Job Development Network Project designed to augment the job development efforts provided by the Florida Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Program results suggest that: counselors should use specialists more effectively, negative biases in hiring specialists with disabilities need to be changed, and proper groundwork must be laid.…

The Future Problem Solving Program is intended to help gifted students (grades 4 through 12) develop richer images of the future and increase creativity, communication, teamwork, research, and problem-solving skills. Procedures for participating in the program and securing materials are explained. (CL)