Both the promises and the inadequacies of standards-based education bring us Ron Wolk's expansively "bold undertaking" on behalf of thoughtful educators. His essay asks school reformers to consider educating children more important than sending them to school. He encourages educators to take the ideas they exchange with peers in casual…

Accompanying the explosive growth of the Internet have been concerns about protecting children from viewing pornographic and other harmful images through cyberspace. In the past few years, Congress has passed several acts to censor Internet sites available to children, but only the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) has received Supreme…

Lessons from Dewey's Laboratory School include: (1) reform starts with curriculum; (2) experimentation yields new knowledge; (3) planning should be continuous; (4) curriculum should be unified horizontally and vertically; (5) children should be connected with the subject; (6) hands-on activities are vital; and (7) school leaders should stand by…

The Home and School Institute's MegaSkills curriculum develops habits, behaviors, and attitudes needed for school and future success. It relies heavily on family responsibility and involvement in education. Teachers are specially trained to foster parent participation. (SK)

Compares the histories of educational and business management. Suggests that both groups must address accountability, productivity, and innovation. Describes four emphases of reform in California: (1) restructuring schools and services to meet needs, (2) keeping decision making local, (3) building a new workplace in education, and (4) paying now…

The author defines multicultural education and discusses the contexts that surround and affect the multicultural classroom. He calls for development of a model for multicultural education that encompasses social policy concerns. Multiculturalism as a course of study and a course of action is discussed. (CH)

Identifies concerns for vocational education revealed in a survey of "School Shop" magazine readers. Concerns include (1) increasing academic requirements, (2) public image, (3) federal attitudes, (4) enrollment patterns, (5) aging of the teaching force, (6) student quality, and (7) modernization of equipment. (CH)

Discusses the history of the relationship between vocational education and community colleges and the current status of this relationship. (CH)

Reports on the relatively new field of artificial intelligence and its relationship to vocational education. Compares human intelligence with artificial intelligence. Discusses expert systems, natural language technology, and current trends. Lists potential applications for vocational education. (CH)

Consists of two articles on the topics of (1) sexually transmitted diseases and (2) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Yarber discusses how these topics should be taught to young people, with emphasis on health education as opposed to morality. Newschwander states the facts related to AIDS, including risks of enrolling infected students.…

Consists of two articles on teen pregnancy. Newcomer describes why pregnancy prevention programs do not always work and tells what must be done to make them more effective. She also discusses curriculum content. Roesel describes a program to serve adolescents who are at risk for pregnancy. (CH)

States that adolescents begin to drink alcohol at ever younger ages, partly because they receive mixed messages from the media. Argues that drug prevention groups must project accurate, consistent, and effective messages about alcohol for youth and that schools must provide education about the specific health risks of alcohol beginning in grade…

Consists of two articles on suicide among young people. Bauer and Shea outline what teachers should know about children at risk for suicide, including symptoms and risk factors. Prevention recommendations are provided. Rickgarn presents statistics on youth suicide, including racial patterns and the use of violent means. (CH)

The authors discuss the factors related to the acquisition of adolescent smoking and describe intervention programs that have evolved to prevent smoking. They hypothesize that the same correlates would apply to smokeless tobacco use among this age group. (CH)

Consists of two articles on adolescent health issues. Stout discusses adolescent depression and psychiatric hospitalization of adolescents. The relationship between schools and hospitals is described. Kirby and Lovick discuss school-based health clinics, including their goals and services, their advantages, and their success rate. (CH)