The school can help abused and neglected children by establishing policies, training staff, and ensuring administrator commitment. (Author)

Most child care centers deprive children of what they need most to grow--opportunities to play, interact freely, experiment, and discover who they are. (Author)

Part-time employment, drug use, and remoteness of the political process make young people increasingly listless and cynical. (Author)

Studies suggest that it is extremely difficult to predict which youth will continue to take up criminal activities as adults. Close attachments with family and school can help prevent delinquency. (Author/JM)

Unaffiliated with the city schools, Milwaukee's community-based Journey House program helps dropouts prepare for General Educational Development (G.E.D.) tests. (Author/JM)

Uses a Bruegel painting to illustrate the view that a child's I.Q., relative intelligence, and problem-solving abilities may relate directly to the number of games the child has mastered at the critical or sensitive periods of his or her life. (Author)

Computers can offer fun games, but they need to nurture thoughtful learning as well. (Author)

We can revive the spirit of inventiveness by allowing students the freedom to consider the unconventional and probe the possibilities of the "impossible." (Author)

Advocates encouraging children to write about what they know best--the rich fantasy worlds they create in play. (Author)

Teaching with imagery can help students focus on lessons, retain information, improve psychomotor skills, and accept themselves and others. (Author)

Because our world is increasingly affected by chemical and natural pollutants, schools need to take extra precautions to ensure a healthy learning environment. (Author)

Maria Center for Learning and Life Enrichment in St. Louis (Missouri) offers a leadership training program for youth. (JM)

Provides what the author calls a "meta-analysis" of experience-based career education programs. (Author/JM)

An interview with David Berliner explores his claims that research on teacher effectiveness will only be applied practically when "connoisseurs of teaching" act as teacher coaches, helping teachers to analyze the effects of their behaviors, specify new behaviors, and assess the results. (PGD)

Describes a comprehensive staff development program for secondary teachers incorporating workshop sessions, peer observation, post-observation conferences, and classroom experimentation. Discusses the selection of classroom management, instructional activity sequencing, and teacher expectations as training topics and comments on training process…