An observer of Japanese teacher centers reports on their purpose, scope, and activities--using British and American centers as a frame of reference. (Author)

Describes a technical assistance approach that offers a systematic framework for planning, conducting, and evaluating in-service training. (Author/MLF)

A summary of research findings on the writing process reveals a number of distinct stages and the recognition that errors are a natural part of learning and often indicate progress rather than failure. Writing evaluation and inservice education programs are discussed. (Author/MLF)

The Jefferson School District in Daly City, California, uses a systematic procedure for selecting and pairing master teachers and novices. (Author/TE)

"Human resource development" is a term commonly used to describe the learning programs provided by business, industry, or government for employees and nonemployees. The specifics of this approach may have implications for education as well. (Author)

Practicing lawyers are teaching teachers and their pupils to understand and appreciate the law, with the aim of developing responsible citizens who will use the law as a positive, constructive force in their lives. (JD)

In order that humanities studies have a more permanent place in American education, author suggests changes in the character of humanities education that must develop. (RK)

The school can help abused and neglected children by establishing policies, training staff, and ensuring administrator commitment. (Author)

A program in Columbus (Ohio) assists teachers to develop instructional activities that will foster students' overall problem-solving skills. A sample of the books used in the program is listed. (MLF)

Pennsylvania's Content Area Reading Program uses a network of 50 trained instructors to help teachers improve students' content area reading skills. This article covers program content, instructor recruitment and training, variations in program presentation, factors underlying program success, and steps in planning inservice programs in content…

The Questions to Upgrade and Encourage Student Thinking (QUEST) program is designed to improve student reading comprehension by improving teacher questioning skills. (Author/MLF)

Supervisors can help teachers resolve problems involving affiliation, control, parents, student success, and time. (Author)

A model for change is currently being tested in a collaborative effort between a national research center and a large school district: the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas at Austin and the Jefferson County, Colorado, Public School District. (Author/MLF)

Bangladesh, a poor, densely populated country the size of Wisconsin, typically has elementary classes of 50 students learning by call-and-response techniques. Since 1996, 13,000 teachers from 2,900 primary schools have been trained in multiple ways of teaching and learning. Teachers are determined to personalize learning. (MLH)

Saying a kind word to a classmate, acknowledging other students' feelings, sharing books and advice, defending a victim of bullying--these are just a few of the prosocial behaviors that can enhance students' social and academic lives at school. Because children do not develop social values in a vacuum, educators, policymakers, and researchers are…