Describes the development and benefits of an inservice program to improve poetry teaching in middle school and high school English classes. (EL)

Non-college bound seniors in high school were enrolled in a new program that consisted of 20 units of work. Grades were based upon accumulated points. Student interest and motivation were high because they were allowed to work in areas they found interesting while working at their own speed. (Author/LF)

Describes four student projects carried out in one English department's humanities program in l968. (EL)

Considers the ramifications of four basic issues that must be resolved in K-12 literary education programs. Points out that teachers of literature need to join current efforts to seek quality in the English curriculum by examining again the content of their programs as well as the methods used to teach. (EL)