The paper "Exploring Prosocial Behavior through Structured Philosophical Dialogue: A Quantitative Evaluation" ambitiously made the argument that a pedagogy grounded in dialogical inquiry as part of the Philosophy for Children program will positively affect incidents of bullying in schools. This response to the author's work includes a…

Physical education as a dynamic content area should motivate students to be physically active. In this article, readers suggest new ideas to kick off the new school year and get everyone "moving" in the right direction.

The tension at the heart of pension politics is the incentive to satisfy today's claimants in the here-and-now at the expense of long-term concerns. Rules and auditing standards are intended to tame this kind of short-sighted behavior in the private sector. In the public sector, the primary safeguard is the hope that public officials will not be…

States that the High Technology High School (New Jersey) utilizes a technologically advanced communications network to enrich relations among teachers, students, parents, and administration. Finds that tools used included expanded use of telephones and televisions. Suggests that Wide Area Networks and Local Area Networks are a new source of…

In this article, the author describes how Mr. Morris Lerner taught his class and shares what he learns from the science teacher. The author says Mr. Lerner greatly influenced his life and was the greatest teacher he ever had. Mr. Lerner taught the basic principles of technology education before most folks could spell the term--and that has made…

The New Jersey State Board of Education definition of classroom instructional aides, regulations on their activities, and reported misuse shown in a survey are discussed. The New Jersey Education Association recommends that instructional aides provide support for certified personnel and not perform teaching duties. (CM)

If the notion of public and private spheres seems somehow quaint or old-fashioned, the distinction between public and private corporations will be that much more obscure. Yet Channel One broadcasts in a public school classroom are indisputably the result of a contract between a private corporation (Alloy Media + Marketing) and a public corporation…

New Jersey's plan for increasing minority group participation in higher education is presented. The plan, developed in response to declining minority enrollments, outlines eight goals for student recruitment and retention and the strategies intended to achieve them. The goals concern strengthening efforts to attract academically prepared minority…

This document cites theoretical works and actual cases to examine the notion of community as the web of learning. The first half of the document explores the different perspectives about the concept of community and traces the evolved nature of community through an overview of how humans have banded together to form communities from the early days…