An individualized program learning approach to junior high career exploration follows Pontiac, Michigan's elementary school career development program. Objectives, rationales, and some background of the program's development are included. (MS)

The project is an attempt, through vocational education, to educate the disinterested and disadvantaged high school individually prescribed education (identification, diagnosis, prescription, and program modification) and places heavy emphasis on the role of student ombudsman or advocate. (AG)

Computer-Assisted Management System for the Teacher (CAM) is a computer-managed instruction project of the Flowing Wells High School (Arizona). Statistical analysis indicates a significant increase in mean achievement scores on algebra tests using this method. (WM)

Describes the use of audio-visual-tutorial methods in chemistry teaching which was reinforced by color slides, study guide, and laboratory experiments. Concludes the presence of satisfactory results when a minimum rate of progress was set out in advance. (CC)

Responses of students to an excerpt from an article, L'ecole ouverte'' (The Open School) by Jean Onimus. (DD)

Sections include A Guide to In-Service Training of Teachers for Individualized Instruction in Foreign Languages," Preplanning-An Essential Ingredient for Successful Individualized FL Programs," and Text Adoption Policies Inhibit Individualization." (DS)

Describes the teacher-training program at the Urban Institute of Essex County College in New Jersey which enlists people interested in tackling the problems of the inner city. (GB)

Author discusses the goals of open classroom" teaching, notes the contrast between traditional teaching methods and those of open education, while suggesting that those who believe in the new techniques start demonstrating to the public that chaos or abdication of the school's responsibility will not result. (PD)

Article tells why the familial model for schools is more effective and humanizing and why it can produce people who can educate themselves. (Author/MM)

Discusses a contingency management program in an inner-city elementary school, whose basic core is a structured system of language learning packages providing guidance for the direct teaching of oral language, integrating reading and writing activities, and correlating language learning with other academic instruction. (VJ)

Describes the origins and motivations of the free school movement and examines in detail the cases of the Barlow High School and the Free University in Tucson, Arizona, (JM)