Describes programs in four of Milwaukee's specialty schools--a school for the gifted and talented, one for the creative arts, one for foreign languages, and one emphasizing the basics. (IRT)

This study sought to determine if a school management system requiring self-management and academic performance as requirements for admittance to the school would effectively increase student attendance. Subjects were 73 children attending the Auburn Alternative Junior High School, a public school program for problem children. (Author/SJL)

The executive director of the Women's College Coalition examines the role of women's colleges and explains how they may serve as models in issues of educational equity for coeducational institutions today. The employment of women, encouragement of nontraditional studies, response to women's needs, and recognition of priorities are discussed.…

The School of New Resources is described as a liberal arts program that helps adults enrich their lives by building on their life experiences within a formal learning environment. Core courses culminate in a seminar to integrate or synthesize the educational process and reinforce the humanistic thrust of the program. (Author/MLW)

Takes a look at the state of education, as described in the Coleman report, and voices some personal concerns. (Editor/RK)

Open education offers much more flexibility for mainstreaming than the traditional approach; open classrooms are designed to accommodate children in their individuality. Making adaptations is not upsetting to open classrooms. If children must go to special classes, the open school tendency toward community blurs boundaries between special and…

Explores the extent to which the promise of lay control of education has been fulfilled in free schools and in doing so points to some conditions that affect school governance which have been ignored for the most part by students of educational politics. (Author/RK)

The promises made in the name of secondary education today will not be kept until the delivery system of those promises--the high schools--are reformed to act as coordinating units, facilitating the movement of people to where learning experiences are available. (MB)

In contrast to traditional schools, free schools promote communication between teachers and students and among the students themselves. (Author/AM)

A study of three schools is presented. The causes of internal conflicts which often lead to the demise of such schools are discussed. Article concludes that despite their transient nature, these schools serve an important purpose, both as legitimate educational alternatives and as examples of new methods for existing schools. (RW)

Author concludes that: "Industrial value systems concerned about material gains are no longer useful in a post-industrial society that stresses information technology and should stress human values." (Author)

Fordham's College at 60 is open only to adults who are at least 50 years old. It does not issue baccalaureates but does provide its 150 students with some of the credits and a lot of the incentive they need to earn degrees. An admission interview is usually sufficient for entry, and students attend freshman-level seminars. (LBH)

Serving five counties, John Wood Community College (Quincy, Illinois) operates on a contractual common market approach to community college education through the use of existing colleges and proprietary schools in Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa that provide instruction and selected support services to district residents. (JG)

"Describes the organization and activities of the Kawaida Educational and Development Center (KEDC) in an attempt to learn why it failed and what can be learned from the failure of KEDC." The author worked at KEDC from 1970 to 1974. The school began by enrolling students at the kindergarten through sixth grade levels, and added…

The Senior Option Program offers options as substitutes for courses in high school. First-year options include independent study, performing service for community or school, working for pay, and studying in another setting. Eligibility depends on the student's having completed credit requirements and all but one course requirement for graduation.…