Most students have the competence and the right to make significant decisions concerning their own learning if they are provided appropriate leadership, and high school principals must assume responsibility for initiating that leadership and ensuring its continuity. (Author)

Arts programs frequently are integrated into other curriculum areas as an economic measure. Although program quality usually suffers as a result, following the guidelines offered here can ensure that integrated programs are effective. (Author/JM)

Describes Mathematics in Context, a middle-level mathematics curriculum developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Utrecht, in the Netherlands. Instead of proceeding from a generalization to specific examples, the math originates in real problems; conversely, the mathematics learned is used to solve…

The Conceptual Curriculum Network is a model for curriculum planning that identifies essential aspects of curriculum planning, indicates flow within the planning process, and explains the interrelationship of essential aspects of the planning. (Author/IRT)

Change mythology vs. change reality introduces this summary of program descriptions by several principals and a frank discussion of what's ahead for their schools. (Editor/RB)

Outlines the steps included in the implementation of a successful instructional television (ITV) program for gifted students: selecting personnel, conducting an ITV workshop, developing curricula, identifying students, implementing a pilot-based program, and implementing a daytime program. (Author/IRT)

The extended school year can play havoc with traditional music programs, the writer says, because the continuity that is essential is disrupted. He describes how to cope with this problem. (Editor)

It is especially important that junior high and middle school teachers recognize the importance of interrelating curriculum areas. Details how this goal was achieved at one junior high school. (Editor/RK)

The Schoolwide Enrichment Model, originally designed for academically gifted students, is currently used to develop the gifts and talents of a much wider pool of students. One SEM component, the Total Talent Portfolio, focuses attention on student interests and learning-style preferences. This article explains how SEM, combined with curriculum…

Describes an innovative values education program at a suburban New Jersey high school. The ABCD program's premise is that teachers and students must know themselves before they can benefit from a school's educational and teaching experiences. The pilot project, which emphasized self-awareness training, showed that ninth graders could understand…

Describes a number of law study programs, and tells the reader how to get the help of the organized bar, law schools, and national projects in beginning a law study program. (Editor)

Describes an innovative educational model that was implemented at a large suburban high school, and summarizes the attitudes toward its components by the parents, students, and teachers who were involved. (Editor/RK)

Instead of the traditional emphasis on performance by a few, music programs should also include composition and appreciation and embody experiences in aesthetic education for the entire student body. These experiences could include musicianship and music history, literature, structure, organization, and performance. (JM)

Discusses successful curriculum development through cooperation of the school board and the community. Examples of successful curriculum projects are given. (Author/LD)

To help students become effective information users from a variety of resources, librarians at one Illinois high school designed a before-school inservice training program, produced a 10-minute video illustrating the research process, and developed tie-ins to each department supporting the curriculum taught by content-area teachers. (14…