ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS' ATTITUDES TOWARD COUNSELING, AS INDICATED BY RECENT RESEARCH, VARIED FROM OPPOSITION TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELORS, BASED MAINLY ON COUNSELOR FAILURE TO ADAPT TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SETTING, TO SUPPORT AND ACCEPTANCE BASED ON A WELL-DEFINED VIEW OF THE FUNCTION OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELOR AND THE STRUCTURE…

While doing action research, a library media teacher became the liaison between an Illinois elementary school and a homeless shelter. She developed a resource guide for local teachers that inspired a statewide publication effort. Now she works on a statewide committee to educate school systems about homeless children's rights. (12 references) (MLH)

A study investigated the responses of 169 elementary school teachers to a questionnaire collecting three types of data: (1) information pertaining to four unique items prepared specifically for elementary school teachers; (2) data regarding seven teaching roles and related activities for each role; and (3) written comments. The two situations…

Describes the process of creating the website entitled "At Home in the Heartland Online" that corresponds to the exhibit bearing the same name at the Illinois State Museum. Expounds that the website represents the successful collaboration among three different learning environments: the World Wide Web, the exhibit, and the classroom.…