This publication introduces parents to the background and main principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The booklet describes how UDL can help students with disabilities succeed in the classroom through an adaptable curriculum that meets their individual learning needs. A bibliography is included.

Discusses the content of elective courses and considered factors liable to affect course offerings in the social science area. (Author/RK)

This article presents one man's critical examination of the question of how the curriculum director can successfully generate and guide the changes in curriculum and instruction in his own area of endeavor. (Author/RK)

A survey of British secondary schools discloses the nature of the place of history in the curriculum and analyzes syllabuses and resource materials currently employed. (KM)

A Florida Environmental Education Program wants students to know that ecological concerns are as close to home as the kitchen sink. (Editor)

This paper reevaluates the role of the counselor in light of the emergence of career education. A number of problems relating to career education and what the counselor should do about them are delineated. (RP)

The author offers a definition of career education that emphasizes the total development of students, community learning, and the increasing of options for students. (RP)

The major differences in social studies curricula between the United States and England and Wales are the interdisciplinary approaches found in the programs of the United States and the informal, individualized approaches of England and Wales. (Author/KM)

While much of American higher education is cutting back, the two-year colleges are expanding, even though the value of some of their methods remains unproven. (Editor)

Developments of alternative schools are reviwed, emphasizing differences in five types of public school options and the similarities of these types in respect to their social education programs. (Author/KM)

The sequential orientation and mobility curriculum of the Iowa Braille and Sightsaving School offers visually handicapped students 127 lessons in five flexibly structured units comprising indoor, campus, residential, basic business, and advanced travel units. (MC)

Article focused on providing curricula which allow as wide a choice of adult roles for children as possible. (Author/RK)