Discusses opportunities and obstacles in achieving science education reform. Reports on the proceedings of one of the sessions at the National Science Teachers Association's Western Regional Convention. The goal of this panel presentation was to describe the next generation of science literacy courses. Includes the preparation for the panel…

Describes "The Kuba Project: An Exhibit of Gigantic Proportions" in which high school students learned about the Kuba people of the Congo and created monumental ceramic works of art. Explains that the student artwork was exhibited at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix (Arizona) as part of the Sky Harbor Art Program.…

An Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I English/Writing project was continued at two Phoenix Union high schools, Carl Hayden and North High Schools, in 1974-75. Although the objectives and instructional method (individualized, diagnostic, prescriptive approach) were the same at the two schools, the entry level skills and abilities of the…

Describes a three-week summer course for academically talented high school students which explored the integers and some classical topics from number theory. (PK)

The programs described in this report, including the South Mountain High School Reading Program, the Carl Hayden High School Reading Program, the Phoenix Union High School Reading Program, the South Mountain High School Saturation Guidance and Counseling Program (SGCP), the Work Incentive Program (WIN), the Phoenix Union High School Star Reach…

Describes the purpose, operation, and achievements of a student scholarship fund established by the Alhambra School District in Phoenix, Arizona, ten years ago. (PKP)

The goal of the Phoenix Pilot Drug Program is to provide a drug/alcohol free educational environment which will enable students to reduce their drug/alcohol usage and function in a regular school program. To determine the degree to which the program is accomplishing these short-term goals, and also to examine the adequacy of the counseling…

Presents a biology course developed for learning disabled (LD) and emotionally handicapped (EH) students at Alhambra High School, Phoenix, Arizona. Description of the program, learning activities used, and some suggestions for successful teaching are also included. (HM)

The author describes a special telephone training program at Arcadia High School, Phoenix, Arizona, to give office education students instruction in proper telephone techniques. The self-paced units include voice evaluation, telephone usage, telephone directory usage, telephone spelling, and recording telephone messages. (MF)

The education-work movement is seen as very similar to traditional vocationalism and a force for social and economic stratification, rather than equity. If the relationship between education and work is to take a new direction that is progressive rather than repressive, education must abandon the principles of vocational education. (AF)

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 391 disadvantaged ninth- and tenth-grade students (about 20 percent are black) at eleven large city high schools in Phoenix. The program was begun in 1971 for students entering the ninth grade. By high school graduation, all students (excluding mentally handicapped and…

The purpose of this survey was to obtain feedback information from the 1972 Phoenix Union High School System graduates approximately one year after they had graduated. A questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of graduates; then tabulations were made by school on their responses. Objectives of the follow-up study included the following: (1) to…

Describes a "high success," outcome-based education program at a Phoenix, Arizona, high school. Teachers there defined intended course outcomes, aligned tests and performance criteria, provided students with second chances and extra time to learn material, and raised expectations for the minimum acceptable performance. (MLH)

Presents an interview with Thomas McGovern, professor and cofounder of the interdisciplinary Department of Integrative Studies at Arizona State University West (Phoenix, Arizona). Focuses on McGovern's interest in curricular reform, his view related to any benefits for psychology from interacting with other disciplines, and the composition of…