In this article, the author addresses the issue of bias in language used in conventional training in scientific writing that encourages adherence to the rule: "don't use 'I' when writing science reports." Such writing is to be objective rather than subjective; it is to be dispassionate, detached, fact-based, and…

NAIS and the NAIS Commission on Accreditation recently launched a three-year pilot study on the use of the High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE) among independent schools. HSSSE, administered by Indiana University, is a survey designed to investigate the attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs of high school students about their work. This…

At a Virginia private school, a student-led organization inspired by the National Coalition Building Institute works to end minority groups' mistreatment. In a comfortable, small-group setting, participants examine information and misinformation about themselves and others. Sharing a universally painful human experience is the starting point. (MLH)

Describes the Advanced Studies Program which was designed to provide talented students from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, with educational opportunities otherwise unavailable to them. (Author/RK)

Presents a rationale, based on Judeo-Christian principles, for involving boarding school students in social service work. (SJL)

A teacher from England discusses democratization of Milton Academy, a private school in the United States, and describes how students participate in political activities and school affairs. He also compares the curriculum and life at Milton to that at a secondary school in England. (KC)

The author summarizes some of Piaget's beliefs, and states that the curriculum in today's schools must be changed in order to put into practice some of these beliefs, and to prepare students to reason together and work cooperatively to solve common world problems. (KC)

The mathematics department at the Dalton School in New York City, was well aware of the math anxiety among its students and so sponsored a Mind Over Math program for the students in three Algebra I classes. This series of five one-hour workshops, which met during one of the three regular class sessions, was designed to reduce and prevent negative…

Funded by the U.S. Office of Education, Title IV, Project EQ UALS is a teacher-training program involving teachers, counselors, and administrators of grades 4-9 in working to promote nonsexist mathematics instruction and counseling. Through this program students at the precollege level learned to use manipulative materials to enhance mathematics…

The Community Affairs Office at Sewickley Academy in Pennsylvania has developed a program that opens its doors to the community by offering space to local organizations and by sponsoring programs for area residents. Not only does this make the community more aware of the school's contributions and give the student greater opportunity to develop…

Describes high school English courses which use a seminar approach, emphasizing discussion and writing, to promote a cooperative, student-centered critical and analytical method of teaching literature. (CM)

Last March, the students and faculty at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts devoted a day to exploring sex-role stereotyping, a crucial issue and an important social concern. This article described workshops for students and teachers, both male and female, and evaluated the responses to those workshops. (Author/RK)

Recommends using primary sources for historical information and education rather than depending entirely upon the chaptered textbook method of learning. (RK)

A ninth grade student tells of his experiences in teaching first graders. (GB)

In a class project students made video tape productions of the beginnings of the Civil War from two points of view. (GB)