Whom can educators look to as an exemplar of kind and compassionate teaching? Gabrielle Vogt and Ann Monroe explore the life and work of Fred Rogers as an unconventional teacher. By focusing on relationships, treating each child as unique, honoring children's emotions, and communicating a positive message, Rogers showed care for children and their…

Television--public television, in particular--has come to be seen as a great educational resource for the home, but it hasn't been as widely embraced in the classroom. Thanks to a number of recent, large-scale research projects, it's time to put those concerns to rest. Not only does educational television have powerful effects on children's…

Describes how one school district came to own a television station and how use of that station has evolved over the years. (IRT)

Discusses the advantages of the SCHOOLDISC project, a videodisc program designed to provide stimulus materials that complement classroom instruction, and takes issue with Pauline Gough's article contrasting SCHOOLDISC and "ThinkAbout." Includes a response from Gough. (WD)

Describes the planning and research involved in production of Sesame Street." (LR)

Describes a program at Puerto Rico Junior College that offers credit and noncredit courses over a commercial television station. (IRT)

Describes a preservice teacher training program that uses live television broadcasts of a classroom to instruct in teaching techniques at Iowa State University. (MD)

The public has a legal right to produce and broadcast programs on public-access cable stations; educational stations are free to determine which programs they broadcast. Since 91% of Americans watch television daily, educators could use that medium to improve public understanding of their roles. A Yonkers program is described. (MLH)

Examines the Schooldisc program developed jointly by the American Broadcasting Company and the National Education Association and compares Schooldiscs with "ThinkAbout," an instructional television series produced by the Agency for Instructional Television. (IRT)

The vast majority of the teachers surveyed responded positively to questions about the practical value of the series, which is designed to deal openly and directly with social, emotional, and physical problems that typically confront eight- to ten-year old students. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the British experiment with use of multimedia for instruction. (JF)

The ATS-6 communications satellite is used to bring health education, vocational instruction, and medical assistance to remote areas of the Rocky Mountains, Alaska, and Appalachia. (DW)

The future of computers in education today will be similar to that of television in education 30 years ago, unless educators begin to play a major role in bringing computer technology into the schools to stay. (MD)

Describes deficiencies in the Ball-Bogatz evaluation of Sesame Street" and suggests that this program might increase rather than decrease the deficit for disadvantaged children. (JF)

Discusses what students can learn from watching the news and what teachers, principals, and students think of Channel One news programs and ancillary services, based on a 3-year project tracking Channel One's impact in 156 U.S. schools. Teachers and principals rated Channel One highly as a news program and information source for teens. Middle…