Describing some of the current Foxfire activities, this article presents the rationale behind Foxfire's expansion--"Before you start to do anything related to your work with this organization, ask yourself first why a student is not doing it instead. If you don't have a good reason, then go find a student, preferably one who has never done it…

Provides a historical review of ten years of Project Follow Through. Discussed are the origin of Follow Through, quantitative and cross-model evaluations, and future concerns. (CM)

To justify school administration support of summer agriculture programs, vocational agriculture teachers must prepare and present detailed plans. The author offers a list of sixteen goals as an example of activities that should be in every vocational agriculture summer program. (MF)

Courseware development is keyed to identifying the developer or developers, and faculty should be involved at each step of the process. Procedures for a team approach to development, which appears to have the greatest potential are provided for the guidance of team members in an open-systems approach to CAI (RAO)

Activities to date under the federal Teacher Centers Law (Public Law 94-482) are described. Opportunities for the submission of new proposals, or rewriting and resubmission of rejected proposals are described. National Education Association interest in these activities is made clear. (MJB)

A mainstreaming program was initiated in the fall of 1976 between the Maryland School for the Deaf and a nearby public elementary school. (Author/SBH)

Described is a zoological program which developed as a remedial effort to meet the needs of a 13-year-old boy with a history of academic failure and emotional withdrawal. (CL)

In this first of a two-part article, issues to be considered and alternatives available in developing a performance appraisal program are reviewed and discussed. Topics covered include selecting an appraisal base and appraisal techniques, and determining appraisers and reducing individual bias. (TA)

The director of a middle school intramural athletic program describes the process of developing his school's program from a very limited offering with small financial backing to a program involving nineteen activities, a full-time director, and six assistants. (MJB)

This article describes the activities of the National Intramural Sports Council, formed to provide leadership in the initiation and improvement of intramural programs at all educational levels. (MJB)

A proper physical education program can be instrumental in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of obesity. (MB)

Application to analysis, planning, and scheduling of dissertation research and writing. (DAG)

The author discusses the philsophy behind and methods for developing an educational camping program. (MB)

"Retirement does not change a person, it only makes a person more of what he or she has been," says the author. A book editor who has worked with the elderly and taught preretirement courses, she provides sound advice for the teacher about to retire. (Editor/RK)