Life Skills Curriculum Industry News

Odd rule nullifies Hawk-Eye system
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - The USTA Tennis & Education Foundation awarded one of its 20 $15,000 program grants to First Serve Broward Inc. of Fort Lauderdale. First Serve will use the money to implement a life skills curriculum at Joseph C. Carter Park in 2006. Charles Bricker

Government, faith-based groups work together to help people
Abilene Reporter-News - FaithWorks, now in its fourth year, uses a 10-unit life skills curriculum written at the University of Columbia to help students survey strengths and weaknesses, values and personality to find jobs that are a good match for them. Students also work

Authorities try to stem gang resurgence
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - In schools, the Life Skills curriculum, which replaced the DARE drug abuse education, touches on dealing with gangs and bullies, Arends said. He noted there are a number of programs in the community that, while they don't specifically target gang

State could have wasted $1.5M on prison inmates
Bergen Record - The Life Skills Curriculum teaches the tools necessary to change the attitude of not wanting to do something to realizing and accepting that sometimes people have to do certain things," according to the agency's Web site. Since the audit was completed