Maintains that educators are suspicious of theory, that they confuse education with schooling, and that they fail to make proper connections between curriculum and public policy questions. (Author)

Authors see the provision of an "aesthetic atmosphere" as one of their greatest challenges. One is an art specialist and the other is a principal. Outlines some of the ways in which they have successfully met that challenge. (Editor/RK)

Graduating students who can compete in the digital age is imperative but remains an uphill battle in the absence of a strong national technology policy, empowered education leadership, and ongoing dialogue involving business, community, government, and educators. Meantime, in pockets around the country, some states, districts, and schools are…

Historically last in American schools, the arts still lag, but efforts to increase their importance in the curriculum are now more promising. (Editor)

The aim of this article has been to highlight some of the difficulties which must be faced if interdisciplinary studies are to be introduced into the secondary school. (Author/RK)

Structural analysis is a systematic approach to curriculum development representing an attempt to organize terminal performance objectives for a unit of subject matter into a sequence of prerequisite competencies which must be satisfactorily mastered if successful terminal performance is to occur. The technique involves asking the question: "What…

In the spring of 1969, Brown University adopted a new, flexible and progressive undergraduate curriculum. The movement for curricular reform began in late 1966 when a group of Brown students headed by Ira Magaziner, '69, formed a Group Independent Studies Project to examine undergraduate education at Brown. The Group released a 450-page report 15…

In order to meet the differing needs of students, a program utilizing three different levels of instruction with two different curriculums under each level was developed at Christian County High School in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. (Author/RK)

Ideas, suggestions and activities for preschool through the early primary grades. This issue focuses on the use of fairy tales and folktales to stimulate student learning. (Editor/RK)

"Independent learning" has become a catchphrase in Britain's Open University, especially since a 1984 report recommending that courses be designed and taught so that students can become progressively independent as learners. Although the phrase means many things to different people, it also provides an opportunity to appraise teaching…

A "New American High School" is a place that prepares students for a global, knowledge-based economy, helping them to be effective citizens, parents, and workers. Case histories are provided for 10 high schools that received awards for instructional innovation. These schools were chosen by the United States Department of Education and…

The decisions today's students make ripple outward to their immediate family and school community. How can teachers help students make the right decisions and do the right things? When teachers help students make the connection between character and conduct, they begin to offer students a safe environment conducive to learning. This book shows how…

Author considers the problems of the gifted student and suggests the methods teachers should use to integrate such children into the school system. (RK)

Author claims that college admissions officers should deemphasize the need for a high school student taking all academic subjects in order to gain admission to college. (HS)

Describes a method for capitalizing on children's interest in television by developing learning activities with high classroom appeal. (Author/RK)