After a decade of budget cutbacks for physical education, teachers have noticed a negative impact on their students' academic performance. And they're doing something about it. The author discusses how teachers and parents are launching programs to get kids on their feet and back into shape.

Author compiled and printed an 82 page book about St. Simons Island and the coast of Georgia and in doing so took her students on a learning experience into the past. (Author/RK)

Describes how Minneapolis schools deal with the energy crisis. Provides suggestions for educating children about how to combat the problem. (Author/RK)

Monstermania is with us, folks, and the idea here is to put King Kong and some of the other creatures favored by your kids to work for you in class. It's not as monstrous as it sounds; in fact, it's downright easy. (Editor)

A geographer and a teacher present 12 "action packs" to show you how to obtain your goals for geography instruction. (Editor/RK)

Reports on 3 unorthodox programs for teaching beginning reading. One uses library books and newspapers as the core materials, one features a parent-involvement program, and one emphasizes tender training. (JMB)

In March 1974, "Instructor" interviewed Wilson Riles, California's Superintendent of Public Instruction. At that time, the state's ambitious Early Childhood Education program had not yet completed its first year. Now "Instructor" takes another look. What is the program? What has it accomplished? What are people saying about it?…

Teaching methods and suggestions for social studies instruction, for remedial mathematics instruction, and for stimulating students to read were discussed. (RK)