Outlines educational arguments about attitudes, methods, and accountability. Surveys some teachers to find out how they craft a blending of pedagogical perspectives. Concludes that educators can maintain creativity in the face of demands for standardization of curriculum. (PM)

Notes that a positive impact of the development of academic content standards is that the movement has caused educators to start talking to each other. Proposes that another change resulting from the standards movement is that it removes the textbook from the center of curriculum development. Argues that using standards can create individuality…

The anti-curriculum in English must be anti-formal, anti-traditional, anti-rigid. It must, on the other hand, be pro-human, pro-imagination, pro-creation. (Author)