An elementary school principal comments on the use of individualized education programs and notes problems to be resolved if IEP's become required for every child. (SS)

An overview of five related articles emphasizing the need to incorporate student ideas in planning programs. (SP)

Discusses the need for identifying gifted and talented students, and lists basic guidelines in planning a program for them. (SP)

Suggestions for meeting the special needs of gifted students are presented. (RW)

Provides suggestions on how teachers can best manage their classrooms, how they can plan more effective lessons, a few simple procedures for fostering creative thinking and the art of imagining in their students, a look at student behavior, and some tips for keeping track of student skills. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the Developmental Learning Center at Hawthorne School in Lincoln, Nebraska, a school for children with social, emotional, or intellectual deficiency which has an individualized program of instruction designed to build on talents and abilities not recognized in the regular classroom. (Author/DR)

Article lists a series of questions to help teachers determine whether or not their attitudes are compatible with an open education program. It also gives plans to set up and maintain open education techniques in the classroom. (GB)