The Harvard Education Letter, 1998.

This document is comprised of volume 14 of the Harvard Education Letter, published bimonthly and addressing current issues in elementary and secondary education. Articles in the six issues of this volume include the following: (1) January-February--"Multi-Age Classrooms: An Age-Old Grouping Method Is Still Evolving" (Walser), "Teachers Wanted: Schools Look for Creative Solutions to Upcoming Teacher Shortage" (Walters), "Schools Should be Safe, But Are They?" (Posner); (2) March-April--"Teachers in the Driver's Seat" (Lewis), "Time and Learning" (Sadowski), "Small Schools Work Best for Disadvantaged Students" (Farber); (3) May-June--"The Bilingual Education Debate" (Walters), "Bilingual Education and California's 'English for the Children' Initiative,""Paying Attention to ADHD" (Lynn); (4) July-August--"Working Teenagers: Do After-School Jobs Hurt?" (Kelly), "Full-Service Schools Respond to Families' Needs" (Farber), "Discussing Student Work Gives Teachers New Perspective"; (5) September-October--"From Sputnik to TIMSS: Reforms in Science Education Make Headway Despite Setbacks" (Freundlich), "Latino Achievement Reexamined" (Walters); and (6) November-December--"Learning To Listen May Help Children Learn To Read" (Walser), "Programs Fostering 'Emotional Intelligence' Show Promise" (Sadowski), "Building Collaborative Relationships: Educational Research in Schools" (Rubinstein-Avila and Suarez-Orozco), "A Parent's Influence is Peerless" (Kagan). Regular features include editorial statements and summaries of recent educational research. (KB)