The "layer-cake" curriculum of yearlong science courses and the "good science" approach are outdated. A new scope sequence is warranted, in which all sciences are taught every year K-12 and instruction proceeds systematically from concrete through empirical to theoretical. (SK)

Advice for teachers of minority students includes identifying learning difficulties, creating supportive classroom and home environments, resolving personal learning problems, setting high standards and clear objectives, using students' own experiences in exercises, making the K-12 curriculum sequential, and introducing cooperative learning. (SK)

Author offers five principles to guide curriculum specialists in organizing their plans for sequencing language experiences in reading. (MB)