Chief proponents of seven programs tell what their purposes are, how their programs differ, how they are being used by the schools and their plans for further development. (Editor)

A brief look at the present state of the free school movement, the discontent with public education that led to free schools, and the future course of the movement. (AK)

The author examines the question of how the powerful forces" of education and technology are currently shaping" each other and the evolving world." (Author/AK)

A comprehensive look at the meaning" of instructional development. (AK)

Should the United States convert to the use of the metric system? All indications point to a favorable acceptance of this system. (MR)

The authors outline the possibilities for small groups of teachers organizing in order to change conditions in the immediate school environment. (Editor)

Robert Owen's educational theory and school at New Lanark, England are described. (DB)

Early adolescents require schools in which there is a freedom from pressure so that they can develop without fear of failure. (CK)

Schools systems that employ flexible and new methods of teaching their students must take adequate care to insure that suitable goals are established. Only in this way can the freedom given to students be used to advantage. (CK)

A change that will bring an improvement in a system must be well planned and tested in advance. (CK)

All concerned citizens are volunteers. Only when they organize together can change be achieved. (MR)

A town that was reconstructed to resemble life as it was in 1850 is discussed. (CK)