This article reviews pertinent research literature that documents the efficacy of alternative scheduling formats in U.S. secondary schools since the late 1990s. Gains attributed to alternative scheduling formats are discussed by subject area. Common educational dilemmas occasioned by a change to alternative school scheduling are outlined and…

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

The author asserts that physical education and athletics are basic in any high school curriculum. P.E. programs and teachers need to be more sensitive to the needs of adolescents. (DS)

To overcome the fragmentation of secondary school curricula, the authors argue for a core curriculum of cluster courses, allowing students to acquire required skills and pattern their options. They suggest clusters in languages, business, histroy, art, home economics, and industrial education, alternating through four years of the curriculum. (JW)

This study was concerned with designing, organizing, executing, and analyzing a goal assessment program for a large suburban high school district. (Author/RK)

Article discussed three views regarding history in the high school curriculum and its meaning for social studies. (RK)

The response of the Music Educators National Conference to national task force reports includes support for efforts to improve educational quality and raise standards for college admission. This essay prescribes comprehensive arts instruction for college preparatory students by lengthening the school day if necessary to accommodate art courses.…

The president of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance responds to national task force reports with some arguments for the importance of health and physical education courses, generally considering them complementary to academic learning. (MJL)

Consumer education claims center stage in the high school curriculum today as a means of arming ourselves with the only effective weapon against exploitation--information. (Editor)

This article provides an overview of developments in the teaching of writing. Most English departments, the author concludes, might do well to consider allocating more time to an endeavor so basic to human interaction. (Editor)

Author sees a cultish emphasis on the new and the now" sweeping this country and believes we must avoid the cut-flower syndrome of being beautiful but rootless by not severing ties with the past. History is germane and so are many areas of the high school curriculum now under attack for their irrelevance. (Editor/RB)

Because of increasing variety in the high school curriculum, rank in class has become meaningless; the author feels that student's grade point average is a truer predictor of college success. (SP)

Article provides an overview of the various alternative programs for schools, pointing out their specific advantages. Examples are given of some of the country's outstanding programs. (Editor)

Article describes the processes of establishing Brown Open School. The school was a commitment of public school resources to making philosophical rather than measureable behavioral differences in students. (Editor)