A comprehensive school in Hertfordshire, England, is reexamining its learning strategies to provide the most flexible systems of learning for pupils, aged 11-18, who range in abilities and include handicapped and academically gifted. Among aspects being studied are pupil-participation in planning, enriching activities, and the teacher's role.…

This graduate course in educational trends was designed to provide an overview of educational developments through an interdisciplinary approach to curriculum innovations. (MM)

Paper presented at Symposium on the Application of Tecchnology to Education, Washington, D.C., September 9-10, 1968,

The eagerness of administrative staffs to propose the adoption of new formulas is essentially a magical phenomenon. Faced with uncertainty, administrators respond by reposing faith in a new ritual that, if perfectly practiced, will solve hitherto insoluble problems. (Author/IRT)

Describes the key components of an intelligent building--i.e, automated building control systems and information management control systems--and shows how they have been integrated into Infomart, a high-tech facility located in Dallas. Usage of these components by Infomart tenants and possible applications to library buildings are discussed. A…

A discussion of the concern with hardware of Britain's Schools Council, an organization whose purpose is to bring educational information to teachers throughout the country. (AK)

Author discusses the unspoken ideological biases prevalent in seemingly non-political" or anti-political" free schools. (Editor)

Condorcet, President of France in 1792, proposed the organization of free education on five levels, from primary to university. The main innovation of his program was that each level included a program for adults. (Author/MF)

The Chairman of the University of Michigan's Physics Department reflects on how little we know about the effects the new developments in education will have on creativity. (LS)

A brief review of a Rand Corporation report prepared for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare on "The Performance Contracting Concept in Education." (AK)