Career guidance plays an important role in helping product markets work and education systems to meet their goals. Because the choice of a career is undeniably one of the most crucial decisions one makes in life. The irony is that such an important decision is often made quite early in the life of an individual and is sometimes made without giving…

Once limited to geographers and mapmakers, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has taken a growing central role in information management and visualization. Geospatial services run a gamut of different products and services from Google maps to ArcGIS servers to Mobile development. Geospatial services are not new. Libraries have been writing about…

The author's presentation at the staff meeting centered on Diana Baumrind's parenting styles framework (Baumrind, 1967). Baumrind believed that there were four requirements for effective guidance: nurturing, communication, maturity demands, and control. She rated parents on these four dimensions and identified the pattern of parenting that…

The author gives a personal account of his relationship with his graduate mentor, Allan Schnaiberg. He also describes a mentoring project that he created with a colleague. The mentoring project emerges as both a vehicle for and a window onto the intergenerational transmission of the mentoring disposition of Schnaiberg. It stands as but one of many…

Early childhood professionals can build partnerships with families that allow them together to guide the learning and development of the children whose lives they share. In this article, the author shares a system of indicators in professional practice that might be helpful in building partnerships with families that enable the full effectiveness…

This article describes Oakwood City School District's College Connection Study, which is now in its eighth year. The purpose of the study is to help the educators in the district learn how to effectively prepare students for success in the colleges of their choice. Teachers, administrators, and other staff members travel to colleges to conduct…

This article explores the developing role of mediation as a conflict resolution process in schools. It gives an accepted definition and clarifies the purposes of mediation, outlining the range of contexts in and beyond schools in which mediation is already offered as a formal intervention. The typical process of mediation itself is described. The…

"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1)"Quality Education Too Long Delayed Is Education Denied": In Campaign-Like Speech, Secretary Duncan Turns Up…

Deals with the activities and services that must be maintained by a Chicano counseling program to provide for the needs of the Chicano student. These services include academic advising, personal counseling, vocational-career counseling, tutorial service, and other miscellaneous activities. (Author)

Suggests that middle schools have not yet achieved guidance as a viable and essential part of the middle level curriculum. Considers the importance of identifying student characteristics and needs, the organization of support services, basic components of support services, and advocacy programs. (JPB)

Cites trends in federal and state legislation, documented needs of youth and adults, expressed priorities of counselors, and USOE funding directions to demonstrate the high priority of continuing professional development in career counseling. Describes several major renewal programs now ready for dissemination. (BP)

Individuals have increasingly recognized the role that guidance for learning and work can play in encouraging adults to achieve their educational and personal goals. This pack of materials was designed to help those who offer guidance to adults and take a pro-active approach to developing quality assurance. These seven booklets are intended for…

This elaboration of the Dietary Goals for the United States, set by the U.S. Senate and Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs in 1977, details all seven dietary goals and includes a discussion of possible risk factors associated with certain chronic diseases. (JN)

To deliver career guidance services to the secondary school students of the State College Area High School, a career resource center was established and a career counselor provided for the school. Six general areas of activity are described: (1) a library of resource materials, (2) an attractive and appropriate space for counseling or for…

The Master Plan for Career Guidance and Counseling grew out of the recognition that a prerequisite for the provision of an outstanding, efficient and effective career guidance and counseling program was district-wide planning. The plan was funded by the vocational education council with augmented Vocational Education Act funds. The professional…