The study of labor management relations by high school students is described. (CK)

Presents the details of the Shakespeare Frolic Project, a multimedia approach to teaching works of Shakespeare that involves students in writing, analyzing, drawing, reading, and performing. Presents an introductory exercise and describes various student activities. (RS)

A high school that would meet the individual needs of each student is proposed. (CK)

Provides information on food nutrition labels and discusses the benefits of adolescents' using them to plan healthy diets. Suggests that teachers and educators should encourage appropriate label reading education for adolescents to promote healthy eating practices. Provides definitions of nutrient content claims. (SG)

Introduces a special section of this issue of "Clearing House" that deals with the charged topic of educational choice. (SR)

Discusses the construction of logarithmic and arithmetic scales illustrates why they should be used, and demonstrates the difference between them. Offers suggestions for classroom applications of the scales. (FL)

Provides directions for creating four different optical illusions. (FL)

Reviews research on whether students should change answers or let first answers stand on objective tests. Finds that the odds are over two to one that a student's score will be raised, rather than lowered, if he or she changes answers. Offers three suggestions for improving students' test-taking strategies. (SR)

Offers rationales for teaching cartoons and poetry together, and describes classroom activities involving cartoon poetry. (SR)

Considers the possibilities of the field of aviation as a source of employment for today's graduates. Describes the Aviation Career Education program of the Federal Aviation Administration and its Academy Summer Camp. Recommends this and similar experiences for potential career aviation students. (HB)

Argues that there should be a place in English classrooms for the teaching of style in writing. (SR)

Argues that the alleged effectiveness of block scheduling does not appear to rest on any meaningful research base. Discusses research on block scheduling, student achievement and attitudes toward learning, and teachers' and parents' attitudes. Notes that in the absence of data, educators should be cautious in reconfiguring the education of tens of…

Argues that Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso possessed similar artistic thought processes, maintaining that their influential discoveries (relativity theory and cubist painting), which launched 20th-century modernism, were amazingly similar in concept. (SR)

Reprints an article originally published in 1938. Discusses the concepts of authoritarianism and democracy. Suggests that the struggle between these two ideologies was the most important problem confronting education in the late 1930s. (RS)

Argues that journalism and communications instruction at the secondary level should not focus on production techniques, but rather should serve as a laboratory for citizenship training, helping to prepare young people to be more informed and effective citizens. (SR)