Author Challenges the vociferous critics that he feels have grossly exaggerated the causes for concern in the American school system. (Editor)

Author feels that the success of an educational innovation should not be judged on whether it fulfills its promise 100 percent, but on whether it moves education closer to its goal. (Editor)

Communication among students, faculty, and administration is difficult to establish and maintain in a high school with more than 1,500 students. One attempt to promote communication at Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, Ia., is through rap sessions. (Author)

Appropriate as the final article in this look at junior high, middle, and intermediate schools claiming exemplary programs is a summary that points out where we are, what we have missed, and where we ought to be going in the Seventies. (Editor)