By offering teachers and parents a vision of an alternative structure, an effective summer program can stimulate change during the school year. The Southern Coalition for Educational Equity created such a program in New Orleans, Louisiana, for underachieving minority students. Focus was on effective instruction, increased student participation,…

Case studies of six school districts point to ineffective, even detrimental teacher selection practices (recruitment limitations, screening criteria biases, hiring irregularities, and traumatic teacher orientations) and suggest ways for policymakers to help districts attract, employ, and retain talented teachers. Includes eight references. (MLH)

Describes an innovative way for school districts to develop their own source of effective teachers to replace those who retire or leave. Norwalk-La Mirada School District (California) created a staff development plan using an exceptional principal, five "group leader" teachers, and a coordinator to train and certify excellent teachers for the…

The content and scope of the USSR's science and mathematics curricula place them far ahead of every other nation. (Author/MLF)

The Soviet educational system is now designed to maximize the ability of every student. Only the minority of American students take full advantage of the benefits provided by school programs. (Author/MLF)

Suggests that the Soviet mathematics curriculum may not be as advanced as claimed; however, recommends steps that United States schools should take to meet the increased need for mathematical competency. (MLF)

American educators should begin to train students in mathematics and science for the technological world. (Author/MLF)

A report from the National Science Foundation supports the contention that the United States lags behind the Soviet Union, Japan, and Germany in science and mathematics education. (Author)

Discusses the differences among researchers in learning style definitions, instruments used to identify learning style, and the applications of their research. (Author/MLF)

The Relational Thinking Style (RTS) identifies five generic learning styles: transient, digital, multi-digital, multi-relational, and meta-relational. (Author/MLF)

Summarizes research findings on relationships among modality strengths, learning, and personal characteristics. (Author/MLF)

Research shows that from the beginning students should be taught through their perceptual strengths; students can identify their preferences accurately; and younger children learn better through visual experiences than auditory experiences, and best through tactile-kinesthetic experiences. (Author)

Successful students use a learning style that involves thinking deeply about what they are studying. Several teaching techniques that can encourage this are discussed. (Author/MLF)

An alternative school for problem students in New York City successfully uses both diagnosis of individual learning styles and learning materials designed to respond to individual learning style differences. The students help each other overcome negative behaviors in the school they helped create. (Author/MLF)

Sex education should be included in the regular curriculum and studied from anthropological, sociological, psychological, and ethical perspectives. At Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood (New Jersey) sex education is an eight-week unit of a course called Introduction to Behavioral Science. (Author/MLF)