Describes a complex case involving termination of a third-grade teacher with recurrent tuberculosis. The United States Supreme Court upheld a circuit court's ruling that the teacher's condition satisfied section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act protecting handicapped persons against discrimination. Since contagiousness was not addressed, the…

Describes the focus and activities of the 1986 annual European Council of International Schools (ECIS) conference. Outlines ECIS history and the International Baccalaureate curricula widely accepted by universities. Switzerland no longer dominates the international education market, which is alive and flourishing throughout Europe. (MLH)

Explores the destructive effects of student drug use on students, teachers, and the learning environment of public schools. Discusses healthy child development and the historical background of illegal drug use, and suggests strategies to produce a drug- and alcohol-free school environment with firm, clear institutional policies. (MLH)

Educating youth about the goals of the social/cultural system in which we live is largely the responsibility of teachers. Enthusiastic and dedicated teachers are able to transform the classroom into a place where the values, habits, and patterns of behavior that are a part of this culture are passed on to the future generation. (MD)

Outlines a broad range of organizational features that minimize teachers' ability to teach. Research findings show that the dominating motivational force for teachers is the reward found in promoting students' growth and development, but the conditions teachers work under often make teachers function less effectively. (MD)

Presents a list of 17 pointers for teachers to evaluate their effectiveness. (MD)

A humorous proposal for establishing a professional fee system for teachers. (MD)

Outlines the four worlds of childhood and the ways that alienation in adolescents can be counteracted through the creation of interconnecting links. The risks of losing youths to alienating factors caused by institutions, the social structure, and the pressures under which schools and families function is the highest it has ever been. (MD)

Presents a successful program for preventing isolation and alienation in early adolescents, developed by The Quest National Center. It uses a multimodal behavior therapy approach that works to combat the delusion of uniqueness many adolescents experience. Lists 11 references. (MD)

Describes The Quest National Center that was formed a decade ago to develop "skills for successful living and learning" in adolescents. The curriculum they have developed is called "Skills for Living," a successful character education program reaching 600,000 students each year. (MD)

Discusses the issue of parent participation in the schools in historic context. Describes a parent participation program developed by the Yale Child Study Center Team in the New Haven Public Schools. The program successfully improved the academic ranking of the school from 32nd out of 33 schools in 1969 to 3rd out of 26 schools in 1984. (MD)

In the past five years state-required testing of potential teachers has become a nationwide trend involving 38 states (7 more are considering such laws); 9 states enacted teacher testing regulations in 1984 alone. Troubling questions raised by this trend are discussed, as are decisions considered educationally unsound that are being made in…

Criticizes the previous author's assertions about teacher testing and the performance of minority students on Scholastic Achievement Tests. Also discusses the possible implications intended in a statement made in that article about the lack of minorities in the teaching force. Thirteen references are cited. (MD)

Outlines an academic competition program, the Olympiad, developed among seven school districts in Utah and sponsored by the Utah State University Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa. (MD)

Discusses problems in teacher certification, tenure, and retirement benefits that teachers encounter when they relocate to other states. (MD)