Proposes replacing a large high school with three smaller educational units, one distinctly conservative in goals, methods, and disciplinary procedures; one distinctly liberal; and a third neutral facility. (Author/MLF)

The problem with most educational innovations, says the author, is that they are laid on one at a time, as if a single one could be best for all students. This article describes seven major differences in learners and how instructional components should be influenced by them. (Editor)

If educators are to successfully address the needs of the individual learner, they must understand what the word individual means. They must relate teaching style to individual learning preference. (Author)

Introduces Flow Theory as framework for understanding authentic engagement. The individual learner's quality of experience should be an essential criterion for judging efficacy of educational challenge. Flow Theory emphasizes that our most powerful experiences of engagement are shared; they involve us with activities matching our capabilities and…

According to this interview, the humanities are as essential to the educational reform agenda as mathematics and science. The humanities lead us to values, to deep questions about life's meaning and dignity. Our society's diversity, coupled with the national goal to educate everyone to the best of his or her ability, makes general education a…

Individualization should be characterized by flexible values (such as adaptation to individual student differences and development of student responsibility), instead of rigid strategies. (Author/DS)

Providing humane high school environment requires some philosophical and psychological foundations. Fundamental is the belief in circumstances that permit persons to grow and change at their own pace, but under sensitive and rational guidance. (Editor)

Describes a project involving a group of 65 freshmen at a private girls' high school. After taking the Dunn, Dunn, and Price Learning Style Inventory, students were given their preferred learning-style profiles and instructions for adapting learning and study methods. Test scores improved substantially without implementing a comprehensive…

The Process Communication Model is based on personality types (reactors, persisters, workaholics, dreamers, rebels, and promoters) denoting different sets of behaviors, perceptions, and motivators that influence individual learning and teaching styles. The model is comprehensive and process-oriented, covering interaction styles, communication…

Many learning disabled adolescent students can have a successful college experience if a school follows appropriate guidelines for counseling such students. The guidelines include establishing objective criteria for students' college abilities and needs, continuing to evaluate learning problems, and researching available college programs. (CJH)

Everyone appreciates a second chance. Effective teachers realize the value of a second chance when initial strategies fail to elicit optimal learning. Repecharge has a special effect on extroverted students, who frequently blurt out inappropriate responses. Reflective, introvertive students also appreciate the opportunity for later comments. Links…

To help educators understand similarities and differences between American and Oriental educational systems, this article outlines 22 major characteristics of Japanese and South Korean schools and compares them with U.S. practices. An important difference is Asian parents' considerable involvement and interest in their schools. (MLH)

Recent study found that high-achieving African Americans ran the risk of both physical and verbal abuse from peers. With help from staff, principals can remove or weaken excellence-alienation link by raising community awareness, providing opportunities for new knowledge and skills, and offering support and resources for change. Principals must…

Describes the various roles (monitor, information gatherer, communicator and feedback provider, clarifier, coanalyzer, assister, resource provider, and motivator) played by the supervisor when evaluating administrators. Presents a sample evaluation instrument assessing five major performance areas (management, professionalism, leadership,…

Notes as students become more diverse, establishing a comfortable, challenging classroom in which every student feels valued becomes more difficult. Maintains teachers may be able to minimize problems and maximize learning by shifting to a more parental perspective and making the classroom an "academic home." As students share in…