Article criticizes the ill-conceived nostrums of the educational engineer and focuses on "opening-up" the learner rather than having him "shape-up" to presumed contingencies that are to come. (Author/RK)

Article focused on current programs dealing with the future, and the development of students so that they can better understand the problems of today as the challenges of the future. (RK)

Author expounded on the merits of the lesson plan and discussed the format and detail necessary for effective planning. (RK)

In the Fred S. Engle Middle School, an experiment in the structure of a middle school student council has been in progress for the last two years. Here students learn to develop leadership and become involved with many cultural and socio-economic groups. (Author/RK)

Attention being focused upon the teacher as a professional held increasingly accountable for a student's academic achievement has suggested that the traditional approach to instruction may need to be modified to ensure each student's success. One approach that has been demonstrated effective is peer tutoring. (Author/RK)

In order to begin an analysis of why students and their teachers come to school, observations, anecdotal recording, and interaction analysis systems must be keyed to answering several basic questions about the cultural and personal values of the teacher and the student. Discusses society's dominant values and a value analysis designed to help…

In recent research undertaken by the author a panel of middle school experts judged a number of criteria to be essential in order for a school to consider itself a true middle school. The qualities included in this article for the six middle school subsystems are derived from their valuable input. (Author/RK)