Offers background on the special education services, information, and guidance provided to Catholic educators in the Springfield, Illinois, diocese. Explains the program's first steps in helping teachers to deal with the identification and needs of slow learners, learning disabled, and gifted children. (DMM)

Describes the "Partnerships in Teaching Critical Thinking" project, which links Milwaukee's Alverno College with 22 local schools in efforts to infuse critical thinking across the curriculum. Reviews program activities and three principles for collaboration concerning equal partnerships and ongoing dialogue between K-12 teachers and faculty and…