Provides information enabling teachers to support children and families during divorce. Research and theory concerning the effects of divorce on children, parenting through divorce, and the role of the school are summarized. Practical suggestions for the teacher are presented, and relevant books for children, teachers, and parents are identified.…

The article describes the educational philosophy and practice of the Hutterian Society of Brothers in Rifton, NY. The Society is a religious community which has assumed responsibility for educating its children from birth through eighth grade. Educational objectives and values of the Society are identified. (Author/DB)

The authors review developmental, educational, and social psychological perspectives and empirical research regarding childhood leisure and the structure of children's free time. (Author/DB)

This article reviews research on mainstreaming handicapped children. Topics include methodological problems, case studies, child-child interaction, peer imitation, mainstreaming and the teacher, the family's role, and transition and follow-up. Implications for early childhood educators are listed. (Author/DB)

Reactions are given to the final draft of the federal day-care regulations published in the Federal Register on March 19, 1980. Issues noted include enforcement of day care regulations, use of advisory committees, provision of inservice training, dissemination of health and social services information, and difficulties of implementing vague…

Describes a program in Colombia to enhance learning of lower class children by emphasizing acceptance, risk taking, and problem solving in a supportive environment. Parental involvement is stressed. The back-to-the-basics movement is discussed as an educational strategy antithetical to the author's philosophy. (DB)

Describes an on-the-job staff development model which stresses teacher-selected activity and children's play in early childhood education. Research indicates the model can retrain teachers shifted into early childhood placements, update teachers and administrators' knowledge of current research, and support teacher opposition to programed math and…

Results of a survey of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) indicated that projects within the program are diverse, offer services to meet individual children's and families' needs, and significantly involve families in the projects. More than one-third of these projects are administered by publicly supported educational…

Recent research data contest Piaget's conclusion that preschool children are totally egocentric, incapable of taking different perspectives, and prevented from acting altruistically. Children are able to decenter when experiments enable children to use their knowledge of very basic human purposes, intentions, and interactions. (Author/DB)

Reviews "Young Children Grow Up," a longitudinal study of the Perry Preschool Project. Children enrolled in the project rated significantly higher than control subjects on cognitive ability, motivation, academic achievement, teacher attitudes toward them, classroom behavior, and social relations. Economic benefits of preschool education were also…

Discusses implications of federal budget cuts on services to children and families, types of revenues which will be available, and organizational efforts to increase chances for securing public funds for child and family services. (Author/DB)

Points out aptitudes and personal qualities infants' caregivers should have or should acquire. Basic needs of infants for optimal development in day care are specified. (RH)

Argues that most children will have a better start in life when they spend the majority of their waking hours being cared for by their parents and other family members rather than in any form of substitute care. Identifies situations where substitute care is desirable. (Author/RH)

Argues that phonemic awareness in young readers may be knowledge that is constructed in the unique situation of trying to match speech to an alphabetic orthography. Stages of learning about print, teaching children about written language, and the roles of alphabet recognition and perceptual-motor skills in learning to read are discussed.…