Describes three models for teaching effective thinking, but warns against oversimplified approaches. (SRT)

Argues that alternative education can promote excellence and high expectations within a nontraditional school setting, with educators rethinking key assumptions, and using a progressive education model with problem solving as a central feature. (SR)

If communication problems and the resulting feelings of powerlessness are concerns for experienced teachers, what must the problems and concerns of first-year teachers be? A workshop designed to gather information about the concerns and problems of twenty-five first-year junior high school teachers is discussed. (Author/RK)

Contrasts two models for bringing about school improvements: the Dissemination Efforts Supporting School Improvement (DESSI) model, and the school-based, problem solving approach, and notes that each recommends an implementation plan, ongoing staff development, and a focus on academic goals and instruction. (JC)