Discusses the record of magnet schools in increasing and equalizing student opportunity, building educational quality, and improving student learning. (SR)

Advocates synergistic pedagogy, in which all the school subjects are related and taught in such a manner that they are almost inseparable. Demonstrates how this might be done with an interdisciplinary theme on the stars. (SR)

Argues for the increased use of cooperative learning within student groups with regard to test review. Provides data from two research projects that support the contention that cooperative test review improves student achievement. Suggests methods for implementing cooperative test review. (HB)

Describes a program in a rural school district in Georgia that brings teens, their babies, and the teens' parents together. Notes that the program combines the elements of early intervention, parent involvement, parenting skills, literacy, and career preparation. (RS)

Describes an elective course for at-risk ninth-grade students that focuses on sports literature--articles and columns in the daily newspaper, young adult novels, and a sports anthology. (SR)

Reports on the need for and status of school-based HIV/AIDS education. Proposes some general guidelines for the formulation and implementation of more effective programs. (SR)

Examines the supervisory beliefs preferred by student teachers at the elementary and secondary levels. Finds that student teachers preferred the collaborative supervisory style, and suggests that collaboration resulted in improved communication and enhanced teaching and learning. (SR)

Encourages social studies teachers and curriculum coordinators to consider, in their units on the antebellum period, the common school movement. Notes useful classroom strategies and recommends use of short readings from primary sources. Suggests that students will be fascinated by the intellectual and social forces that motivated discussion of…

Explains the importance of caring in teaching. Presents ways that service learning can be used to strengthen the caring skills of future teachers. Offers reflections from two teacher education students on their service learning. Discusses service learning as a transforming process. (SR)

Offers a short history of the modern alternative-education movement. Outlines two social ends sought through public-education policy. Discusses four criteria regarding the role of alternative education in shaping an equitable youth policy for public schools. (SR)

Reviews the concepts of negligence and "tort liability." Outlines briefly 10 legal cases that can be useful in explaining what the liability issues are for today's educators with regard to students who are injured while in school. Outlines six steps school officials should take to avoid negligence. (SR)

Discusses five assumptions regarding accountability and public schools: reporting to parents in the community, assessment techniques, school complexity, teaching and learning processes, and improving schools. Draws on accountability legislation and best practices in many states to offer viable possibilities to regaining public trust in education…

Presents a cultural analysis of the process by which controversial subject matter in social studies remains deemphasized or omitted. Examines research related to taboo topics in schools. Notes that the closer and more meaningful a topic is to students' lives, the more likely it is to be taboo. Offers practical suggestions for teachers to explore…

Describes developments in the state of South Carolina regarding school assessment and accountability. Outlines the mandates of South Carolina's Accountability Act of 1998 which focuses directly on "school accountability." (SR)

Reviews the basic tenets of educator Haim Ginnot's theories about teacher behavior and classroom communication as the most influential element that contributes to children's behavior in the classroom, as teachers consistently demonstrate and model positive communication, behaviors, and relationships. Explains several of Ginnot's essential ideas…