The executive secretary of the National Association of Secondary School Principals presents his yearly report. (CK)

William Van Til's three proposed scenarios for the future of secondary education are examined 10 years later, and American education is found to have reached a critical point as it goes through a transition from one era to another. (DCS)

For the past decade, education has been experiencing meltdown, explosions, radiation leaks, heat pollution, and management crises, just like the Three Mile Island disaster. This article offers suggestions on how to deal with these problems. (Author/LD)

In 1988, when a Maine test failed to measure educational accountability in Vermont, portfolios constituted the bottom-up response to needed reform. In 1990, Kentucky's Educational Reform Act mandated assessment by performance-based tasks, including portfolios. Both states feature scoring criteria (rubrics) based on four performance levels and…

Reflecting upon her own experiences first as an assistant principal and then as a principal, this writer describes salaries and fringes, and how they were determined, to show the wide variations that exist from district to district. (Editor)

The discussion here considered projects involving the development of many new courses and strategies for the high school science curriculum. (Author/RK)

Article considered projects for the development of science courses and science curricula for the American high school, junior high/middle school, and elementary school. (Author/RK)

Relevant literature is brought to bear on predictions of future societal conditions and educational needs. (MJL)

Argues that all teachers should use writing as a teaching tool. Reviews the history of the writing-across-the-curriculum movement and presents examples of practical applications. (Author/WD)

A survey of curricular history reveals that alternate preoccupation with academic and student-centered goals are insufficient independently; an integration of the two would strengthen and affirm each. The author uses the ideas of John Dewey to provide a methodology and rationale for the integration of the two areas. (Author/MD)

The computer should be considered a learning tool rather than a subject of study. Labor projections suggest that high technology is likely to reduce job skill requirements. A solid basic education will be more important in the future, not less. (MD)

Two prominent leaders in education, Charles Suhor and Jane Stallings, are interviewed concerning the present status and significant effects of the basic skills movement, the effect the National Commission on Excellence in Education report will have on basic skills education, and the number one priority for education in the future. (DCS)

Judge Gasch, who spoke in place of Judge John Sirica, states that judges should refrain from exercising supervisory power over the schools since they lack the experience, the training, and the expertise for such work. (Editor)

After citing literature contending that science education is exclusive, academic, and devoid of inquiry orientation, this article gives principals suggestions for improving science education and making it available to all students. (MJL)

The goal of global education is to expand an individual's perception of the world. Secondary schools have a responsibility to infuse a global perspective into their social studies programs. Lists names and addresses of 12 programs that link social studies and global education. (12 references) (MLF)