Appropriate as the final article in this look at junior high, middle, and intermediate schools claiming exemplary programs is a summary that points out where we are, what we have missed, and where we ought to be going in the Seventies. (Editor)

Some guidelines for facilities for independent learning and instructional development. (Author)

A look at the many developments and movements afoot, bringing us closer to the day of being able to acquire information and knowledge on an instant-demand basis anywhere. (Author)

A general overview of the appropriate role of behavioral objectives in curriculum decisions. (HB)

The writer presents a distillation of observations from her 100-page notebook that reflects what's happening in China's schools. (Editor/RK)

A model for education for development in developing countries is proposed. The author reviews problems of education for rural development. Emphasized is the necessity of internal change in efforts to reconcile the objectives and forms of rural development with the pressures of demographic trends and possible rates of general economics. (SM)

The political attitude of schools was considered and the conflict of democracy and autocracy in the classroom was evaluated. (RK)

An interview with Walter Perry, Vice-Chancellor of The Open University, in which he discusses his educational philosophy. (HB)

Author distinguishes one type of cost evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis, from other types of cost evaluation, illustrates its use as a decision-making tool, and discusses a few of the problems associated with its application in the instructional development process. (Author)

Authors state that research and the systems approach are effective in mutually exclusive ways, differentially applicable in educational problem-solving, and thus complementary, suggesting that each can be studied using the methodology of the other. (Author)

An examination of the current state of the art of relating the systems approach to the teaching of reading. Both theoretical and practical aspects are considered. (Author)

Author attempts to provide a framework for thinking about education: abouts its purposes, its means, and the way it plans ahead. (Author)

Describes the Open University of the United Kingdom, established by Royal Charter to serve adult students. (Author/RK)

A student considers the recommendations of the Russell Report emphasizing his interests in the teachers, the curriculum and the locus of education. (RK)